Our Lord knows all about us, and His requirements of us are based on this truth. "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." - 2 Corinthians 8:12  Read More

When we are young, it may seem that we have endless days upon earth, but as we age, we become acutely aware that this is certainly not the case. "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." - Psalm 90:12  Read More

It is good to spend our time and efforts in worthwhile pursuits, for completing our tasks brings us joy. "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil." - Proverbs 13:19  Read More

Prayer is vitally important in the life of a believer, but so also is being faithful to praise the Lord. "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night." - Psalm 92:1-2  Read More

God’s Word should always be close at hand and close to our hearts. It will bless us in many ways. "My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words." - Proverbs 7:1,5  Read More

Believers in Christ should beware of looking back on our past lives before salvation with fondness or with longing. This can be a great temptation in times of trial. "And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger." - Exodus 16:2–3  Read More

Slipping and falling physically can be frightening and dangerous, but so can slipping and falling spiritually. "Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up." - Psalm 94:17-18  Read More

Heaven is more real, and it is certainly more enduring than Earth is. This is what believers will experience eternally. "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."  - Revelation 21:3  Read More

Everything that the Lord possesses, He has in abundance, for He possesses all things. "For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee." - Psalm 86:5  Read More

Sometimes wisdom is demonstrated in saying the right thing at the right time. And sometimes it is displayed in not saying anything at all. "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." - Proverbs 17:28  Read More

Believers cannot live the Christian life apart from the presence of the Holy Spirit who lives within us. "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." - Ephesians 5:18-19  Read More

People in our world are divided for many reasons. Many wonder if there is any peace to be found. There is peace in a person, and that person is Christ. "For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." - Ephesians 2:14  Read More