“Save me, O God!  For the waters have come up to my neck, I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.” (Psalm 69:1-2, NKJV) The opening words of this psalm are the words expressed by David … words of desperation … words […]

“I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever.  Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.  Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable.  One generation shall praise Your works to another, and […]

“Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name.  ‘They shall be Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘on the day that I make them My […]

“But let your ‘Yes,’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” (Matthew 5:37, NKJV) The choices we face … daily … the situations we find ourselves in … daily … whether by our own making or by someone else’s making … range from the smallest […]

“If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.  But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image […]

“The words of the Lord are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.  You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.  The wicked prowl on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.” (Psalm 12:6-8, NKJV) The thought of unearthing […]

“For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him.  That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory.” (2 Corinthians 1:20, ESV) It happens more than any parent would care to admit.  We make the mistake of promising our kids more than we can deliver. […]

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”  (John 17:3, NKJV) Some words have the ability to capture our attention immediately, while other words may take longer to do so … and the fact is, there are many words that we are […]

“And as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest), that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a […]

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14, ESV)  Updates … upgrades … better performance […]