“Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.” (1 Thessalonians 5:14, NKJV) So, you just might be asking at this moment, What in the world is a bummer lamb? You might also be asking, What in the world does this term have to […]

“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.” (Matthew 12:30, NKJV) It is never wise to compromise God’s biblical standards!  Sobering words to consider for sure … for in the very thought of compromise we are saying His way is not enough or just doesn’t […]

“Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.  And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”  (Ecclesiastes 4:12, NKJV)  It sits in the drawer of a fancy cherry-stained wooden organizer on my credenza.  It is there every day … and when I open the drawer a smile comes to my face … […]

“So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:33, NKJV) There are many memories from my growing up on Hill Street in the Northwest portion of Oklahoma City. As young boys, my two brothers and I played the wonderful game of baseball. I still to this […]

“Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your Law.” (Psalm 119:18, NKJV) Watching the eyes widen and dance … hearing the excitement in their little voices … it is a wonderful thing to see!  What is?  When a child has a new book put in their pudgy little hands at the store […]

“O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!  Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You.  Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah” (Psalm 39:4-5) When reading from the Book […]

“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 […]