Posts made in February, 2024

Real Treasure “But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:20-21, NKJV Not very many people are satisfied with their earthly riches. Often the richer the man the greater the poverty. Somebody has said that getting riches brings care; keeping them brings trouble; abusing them brings...

Run To Jesus “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10, NKJV Do you know what your name means? Usually names have a meaning behind them. That principle was extremely true during biblical times. Names given to the people that we read about in the bible had specific meanings. The name Joshua meant “Jehovah is salvation”. The name Abraham meant “the exalted father”. The name Moses...

Be Careful With Your Words “You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men….” 2 Corinthians 3:2, NKJV When you read the Bible, then people will in turn read you. You are but a letter written by what you have read in God’s Word. That is what Paul meant when he said we were to be living epistles of Christ, known and read of all men. A well delivered sermon may be great but the greatest sermon ever delivered is the...

By His Grace “To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:6, NKJV Rejection is difficult to deal with on any level. Every human being has an inward desire to be accepted by others. In fact, often times we might try to change our personality to be accepted by others. We might even try to compromise our beliefs to be accepted by others. We might buy clothes that we cannot really...

Do Not Let Fear Control You “Fear not, for I am with you….” Isaiah 43:5, NKJV. Fear can be a horrible emotion to deal with. There are all kinds of fears too numerous to mention here. However, fear is real and when experienced can freeze us from normal activities. Fear of heights, fear of enclosed spaces and other fears can make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to do certain things when our fear is associated with even simple...