Everyone can use assurance. The great salvation that is ours in the Lord Jesus Christ and how that salvation comes to us through the working of the Holy Spirit giving us hearing ears and receptive hearts and causing us to call upon the Lord by faith is a gift from God! Nevertheless, as frail human […]

Is it a comfort or a terror that God sees everything, even the secret things of the heart? Of course, it should terrify us in one sense that we cannot hide from God, but the all-seeing eyes of the Lord are most often presented in a way of comfort. 2 Chronicles 16:9 (ESV) — 9 […]

What is your favorite promise from God’s word? When I ask that question it’s common to get a stare, but occasionally a person will be quick to answer with one of the hundreds of promises that God has given to us and most popular, by far, is the promise of Romans 8:28. Romans 8:28 (ESV) […]

As the news media was called out for spreading propaganda rather than telling what was happening in an unbiased way in the label of “fake news,” so we might turn on all the way that declare peace but are far from it. In other words what is being sold is “fake peace.” This is nothing […]

People everywhere are looking for the key(s) to success. Millions of books are sold every year with supposed keys to success in business, relationships, employment, and more. Consider then, the simplicity of what is said in Psalm 1. Psalm 1:1–3 (ESV) — 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the […]

The subject of “eternal security” or “perseverance of the saints” is one of great comfort and encouragement as we glean from some powerful statements in God’s word. John 10:27–30 (ESV) — 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never […]

There are two practices of God’s people in the past that seem to have been lost today. You don’t hear much today about lamenting or fasting. Since I have dealt with lamenting in past sermons and articles, I want to focus on fasting and encourage you to consider fasting. First things first. Fasting can be […]

Have you been forgiven? When we are made to feel the weight and burden of our sin, there is only one way of relief; the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ tells us that He died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the dead and that believing in Him, we find forgiveness of […]

When we follow the plan of God in taking advantage of His means of grace, we find that He provides all we need to triumph in life. You might say He makes us ready and able. 2 Timothy 3:16–17 (ESV) — 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, […]

We may not recognize things all the time, and we may tend to gloss over the hand of God providing, leading, and protecting but it’s there. How great it is when we behold His work, especially when there is absolutely no other way to explain things than to say, “this was the hand of God.” […]