Posts made in June, 2023

Leave It There “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.” Psalm 42:5, NKJV “Put all your troubles in a sack, take ’em to the Lord, and leave ’em there.” These good words of advice were given by Charles Tindley, the distinguished black Methodist pastor from Philadelphia, to one of his worried parishioners. It was the inspiration that...

How To Measure The Grace Of God “Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” Romans 6:6, NKJV Imagine the most beautiful waterfall you’ve ever seen. Now, in your mind, stand at its base and hold a thimble under the falling water. This illustrates the measure of God’s grace in your life, covering your sin. You can no more contain a...

God’s Great Mercy “…I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.” Psalm 52:8, NKJV Mercy is defined as, “kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly”. And so, the mercy of God is defined for us. It is the kind and forgiving treatment of God upon us, who could be treated harshly. Though we do not deserve such kind and forgiving treatment from God, we receive it fully and gracefully from Him. It is a great...

Patience Is A Must “Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.” Isaiah 30:18, NKJV God often delays in answering our prayers. That can be a great mystery to us. Why does God wait to answer our prayers? We have several examples of His delay in answering prayers in scriptures....

He Was God Then And He Is God Today “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8. NKJV The Bible is full of wonderful miracles. We make the mistake in thinking that those miracles were intended just for that special time in history and are not available to us today. We are also wrong in thinking that we can’t have those kinds of miracles in our own lives because we are not good enough, or perhaps we think...