The fear of death is not a foreign enemy to any of us. Until our Lord returns, it is an enemy we will all meet, and when we meet, my words will be two: "Jesus Won."
Psalms 55:4-5 KJV My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Good counsel may be lacking in the White House; however, it is always found in God's House.
Psalms 55:14 KJV We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
All of salvation is the gift of God. However, some people act as if they are the ones delivering this gift and its accompanying grace, even going so far as to claim that urging someone to call upon the Lord is preaching works. Thankfully, they are not the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit, who never fails to deliver. As for works, I am indeed preaching works – the mighty works of Almighty God.
Psalms 55:16 KJV As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Never trust a religious barracks lawyer. If you've been in the military, you understand this.
Luke 11:42 KJV But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Prayer requires intentionality; without it, we won't pray.
Psalms 55:17 KJV Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
No matter what battle you're facing, God can deliver you and bring peace that passes all understanding.
Psalms 55:18 KJV He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
Some say, 'I don't know how to pray.' But the Good News is, our Lord and Savior has taught us how to pray and has even given us a model to follow.
Luke 11:1 KJV And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Luke 11:2 KJV And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Luke 11:3 KJV Give us day by day our daily bread.
Luke 11:4 KJV And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Repetitive knocks of prayer are not a lack of faith, they are a demonstration of faith.
Luke 11:5 KJV And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Luke 11:6 KJV For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
Luke 11:7 KJV And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Luke 11:8 KJV I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Luke 11:9 KJV And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke 11:10 KJV For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 11:11 KJV If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke 11:12 KJV Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luke 11:13 KJV If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Demon possession is often underestimated and misunderstood, except for the pharmaceutical companies, which have made profitable deals with such devils.
Luke 11:14 KJV And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
We seek for others to have the peace of God in their lives through Jesus Christ, yet we're the ones making deals with devils?
Luke 11:15 KJV But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
Wherever Jesus is, the Kingdom of God is.
Luke 11:20 KJV But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
I am with Jesus Christ! How about you?
Luke 11:23 KJV He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
People think they are the demon slayers. They are not.
Luke 11:24 KJV When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
Luke 11:25 KJV And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Luke 11:26 KJV Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Jesus undoubtedly loved His mother, Mary. However, I don't think He or she appreciates worship being directed towards her.
Luke 11:27 KJV And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke 11:28 KJV But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
America will be judged, lest she repent.
Luke 11:32 KJV The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
If the Spirit of Christ indwells you, His light will shine forth.
Luke 11:33 KJV No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
I've met many men who can check the boxes of their denominational talking points to maintain a social facade and ranking, yet fail miserably when it comes to living out the Word of God, starting with the Great Commandment.
Luke 11:42 KJV But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 11:43 KJV Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke 11:44 KJV Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Welcome to the age of modern social media! I'm not perfect and may get some things wrong, but one thing I'm committed to getting right is Jesus Christ. Getting His perfection wrong is a mistake you can't afford to make.
Luke 11:53 KJV And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Luke 11:54 KJV Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
People are often left spiritually hungry because they do not know where to find the wilderness of God. Instead, they settle for the comfort of a plush, air-conditioned pew.
Exodus 5:1 KJV And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
If you do not know the LORD, you will not obey Him either.
Exodus 5:2 KJV And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Tax corruption demands that you work more, so you can forget about God.
Exodus 5:7 KJV Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 5:8 KJV And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
Exodus 5:9 KJV Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
We do not always understand everything at the moment. It's okay to bear our hearts to the LORD.
Exodus 5:22 KJV And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus 5:23 KJV For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Men rarely learn from history and then are left wondering why it often repeats.
Job 22:15 KJV Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Father, keep us on your path of mercy and grace. May all of our focus rest upon your mighty works. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
