“But I will sing of your strength and will joyfully proclaim your faithful love in the morning. For you have been a stronghold for me, a refuge in my day of trouble. To you, my strength, I sing praises, because God is my stronghold — my faithful God.” Psalm 59:16-17 God has been a stronghold […]
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, […]
“And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth” 2 Timothy 2:24-25 It is a difficult path we are called to walk. God knows how our sin nature […]
“For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.” Psalm 95:7 I find myself reflecting this morning on God as our Shepherd. He leads us, provides for us, protects us, defends us, watches over us always, strengthens us with His hand and binds up our […]
“For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.” Psalm 44:3 I don’t need to work to make the right things happen. While I do need to act […]
“Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by […]
In Pleasant Places 