The Simplicity of Faith

By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed, and he went out, not knowing whither he went. (Hebrews 11:8)

When God commands us our obedience will reveal our faith. We are saved through…

The More Important Blessings

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. (Psalm 37:16)

Providing for our loved ones is a Christian duty (1 Tim. 5:8), yet the things we provide should not only be material in nature. The most important possessions…

How the Story Ends

The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will…

Integrity in My House

I will walk with integrity of heart within my house… (Psalm 101:2b)

The idea of a family making a home in a house is in the Bible, and it has remained a core value of human civilization. A Christian home is a blessed thing, and it has the potential to bless the…

Proper Praying

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. (Psalm 71:18)

David had learned how to appeal to a sovereign for help. In his years of running from Saul he had needed to seek…

Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land

Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare. (Jeremiah 29:7, NASB)

Swallowed Up by Life

For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (2 Corinthians 5:4)

God’s Salvation Means His Lordship

In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Psalm 81:7)

To be fatherless is to be without protection and provision. However, to have a father also brings us under…

A Moral Foundation

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. (Proverbs 16:32)

The typical television drama of today is about punishing another person — someone who has done something wrong. It is an emotional unleashing in…

David: a Man of God

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled. (Psalm 6:2–3a)

Some have suspected David of being bi-polar, his sorrow went so deep and his joy soared so high. There was certainly that…

Salvation Come!

Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! (Psalm 14:7)

The biblical understanding of life and human society is that God must come and save us. It is good, during election times, to keep this thought in mind.

Confidence in Lifestyle

But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me. (Psalm 26:11)

Psalm 26 stands out in the biblical texts for its confidence that God notices the believer who lives righteously. “Nothing is so pleasing to him who is upright, than to know that God…