Delays to Obey

“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice….”  1 Samuel 15:22 Has God ever called you to do something totally out of your comfort zone?  Did you...

The Test

“I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness.  As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all thee things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You.”...

Shattered of Self-Will

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart- These, O God, You will not despise.”                     Psalm 51:17 Contrite is a word used in the Old Testament to speak of brokenness.  Further study of this word suggests...

Truly, Truly

Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”  John 3:3 Jesus used the phrase; “Truly, truly I say to you” twenty five times in the book of John. Other versions say,...

Reconciliation

“Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us...