The Word of God is a clean way. It has a cleansing effect in a young man or woman’s life if you listen to it. Psalms 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. A Clean Way The Word of God is a clean way. It…
When the Lord saves us, he takes our deceitful heart that is desperately wicked and replaces it with a new heart. Ezekiel 36:26-27 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will…
Lord, please do not forsake me completely! There are many times in our lives where the Lord has every right to just bail on us. Psalms 119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Do Not Forsake Me Lord, please do not forsake me completely! There are many times in our lives…
I’ll be gone when the trumpet sounds. The John Marshall Family used to sing a song that they wrote called I’ll Be Gone, Gone, Gone that my kids were singing today. 1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead…
Yesterday we discussed the heathen and their vain imaginations. A Christian’s work is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Not in Vain Yesterday we…
Raging heathen are all around. They do not like God or the things of God. Psalms 2:1 – Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Raging Heathen Raging heathen are all around. They do not like God or the things of God. They do not like to talk about the…
The time is come that we as God’s people must be ready for judgment. The place is God’s house, the church. 1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not…
Only upright praise is true praise. There is a lot that goes on in the name of praise and worship that has very little to do with true praise. Psalms 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. True Praise Only upright praise is true praise.…
Are you not ashamed of God? You should not be. Do you have delight in God’s laws and let others know that you enjoy being a Christian? Psalms 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Not Ashamed Are you not ashamed of God? You should not be.…
When there is an accident or construction ahead, sometimes it is necessary to redirect traffic. Psalms 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Construction Ahead When there is an accident or construction ahead, sometimes it is necessary to redirect traffic. God often needs to redirect us when it is necessary…
Learning things in the dark you never learn in the day is a famous saying of Vance Havner. 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: Learning things in the dark you never learn in the day is…
Godly wisdom from heaven on high will produce fruit in the Christian’s life. Worldly wisdom will boast and brag of itself. James 3:17 – But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Godly wisdom…
Keeping precepts is an important part of the Christian life. We need to be diligent about it our they will slip away. Psalms 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. Keeping precepts is an important part of the Christian life. We need to be diligent about it our they will slip away.…
Following your own spirit can get you into trouble like it did the false prophets in Ezekiel’s time. You need to do right and not what you feel, think or heart says is right. You need to follow God’s Spirit, God’s Word and God’s Man. Ezekiel 13:3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the…