“… between us and you a great chasm has been fixed…” Luke 16:26 Often, I don’t think we realize the vastness of the chasm between us and the Lord. The utter impossibility of our quest to cross it on our own. We likely won’t fully comprehend it during our mortal lives, but I pray God […]
“You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.” Exodus 19:4 This statement holds a display of the power of God toward the Israelites, as well as His faithfulness to fulfill His promise and bring them out of Egyptian slavery. “How […]
“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity has been pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.” Isaiah 40:1-2 Peace just seems to flow through these verses. The assurance of God that the […]
“For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21 It’s fascinating to me sometimes the Scriptures God will use to begin working a certain truth and perspective deeper into my heart. This morning, His work began with the words of Jesus in Revelation 1:17-18: “Fear not, I am the first […]
“He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.” Psalm 21:4 Is this not what occurs in the very moment someone turns to Christ for salvation? We ask life of Him. And He gives it to us. It is the humble acknowledgment that only in Jesus Christ is […]
“For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling…For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very […]
“After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that […]
In Pleasant Places 