And that word is true (Psalm 199:160), unfailing (Mark 13:31), enduring (Isaiah 40:8), life-giving (John 6:68), and active (Hebrews 4:12). Our confidence in God’s Word can, therefore, be complete and unshaken, even in a world that is screaming otherwise.
Tag: goodness
σκοπέω: consider for yourself
σκοπέω - to look, to consider How often do I think only about what I can see? Even in the midst of lesser trouble, how often do I just look at my circumstances and lose heart? When was the last time I contemplated - actually considered in depth- the eternal glory of God and heaven?… Continue reading σκοπέω: consider for yourself
New Year Song
This Christmas, my husband gifted me a 30-day hymn calendar. The song for day 1 is Praise to the Lord. How appropriate it is to start the new year with remembering who God is, what He has done, and reminding my soul to sing. Could there be a fresher start? Praise to the Lord, the… Continue reading New Year Song
Joyful, Patient, & Faithful
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Rejoice because hope in God and his promises is sure. Be patient because trouble and evil and even death will not win in the end. Be faithful in prayer because God is all-powerful, he is perfectly loving and wise, he listens, and he answers. And… Continue reading Joyful, Patient, & Faithful
Morning Meditation: Adoption into God’s family
“I think I need not remind you of your condition here below; you are too conversant with it, being hourly fretted with troubles, vexed with your own infirmities, with the temptations of Satan, and with all the allurements of this world. You are quite conscious that this is not your rest. There are too many… Continue reading Morning Meditation: Adoption into God’s family
Marvelous Deeds
What praise have I to give today? What stories do I have to recount of the marvelous things God has done? Once I start making such a list, I will never be finished, not if I live one hundred years. Praise and recounting quickly lifts the heart, melts a discontent spirit, and fills a soul… Continue reading Marvelous Deeds
Monday Meditation: Rejoice
When God is for us and with us and in us, there is always a reason for rejoicing. A heart constantly rejoicing in the Lord will inevitably have eyes to see the blessings and mercies given daily through Him. Even on Mondays. Even in a pandemic. Even away from family. Even at work. Even in… Continue reading Monday Meditation: Rejoice
Pleasing God
This verse is a heart check. A verse that reads me even as I am reading it. Am I obedient in coming to God? Am I coming to God even as I doubt his heart of goodness toward me? What a glorious thing that creation testifies that He exists. Even our hearts cry out that… Continue reading Pleasing God
Absolute Certainty
I love the absolutes of the promises here:SURELY - for certain, truly, undoubtedly- God’s goodness and love (perfect and never-failing) will follow me…ALL the days of my life- not just the easy, successful, not confusing ones-And I SHALL - I will, this is my future- dwell in the house of the Lord FOREVER- eternity and… Continue reading Absolute Certainty
Psalm 23: A song for living
In the past, I heard this Psalm often at funerals or sometimes in movie scenes depicting death or funerals. With its hope for “the valley of the shadow of death” and eternal life, I thought it was a Psalm only for dying. I see now that this Psalm is also very much for living, even… Continue reading Psalm 23: A song for living
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