MANIFEST DESTINY

The Lord is not slow to do what He has promised, as some think. Instead, He is patient with you, because He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins.”  (2 Peter 3:9 Good News Translation) Per the Brittanica Encyclopedia, Manifest Destiny was the 19th‑century belief that the United States was destined, by divine right, to expand its territory...

IN A NUTSHELL

Tomorrow, Sunday, you will enter the house of the Lord for worship. That’s not a commandment from me, but rather a choice you have to make. It’s not a hypnotic suggestion, not and hyperbole, but rather it is just me hoping that you will be in the special presence of the Lord at your church, or if you don’t have a church home, the church that you choose to visit. That opening paragraph was...

CLOSE THE DOOR…

“So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed the door behind him.”  (Genesis 7:15-16 NASB) Whoa now!  The title “Close The Door,” may have started you singing a line from an old romance song where...

EXPERIENCE “THE NEW!”

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!” (Isaiah 43:18-19a NIV) Good morning! Great news! Today, a new day that you have never seen before, and it will be filled with “The New!” Experience “The New!” Start out with a new attitude because you have reason to rejoice being in the land of the living! Experience “The New!” Stretch your hands...

SMALL MEANS NOTHING AT ALL IF YOU ARE ALL-IN

“Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. The Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, for Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has...

DURING YOUR TESTS IN LIFE

“Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said…” (Job 38:1 NIV) If you are familiar with The Book of Job, you already know that Job went through. You might also be aware of the fact that God had enough confidence in Job that He granted Satan the chance to tempt Job. The Lord said to Sata, “Has thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect...

RACE FANS

This is your Monday Short meditation, being published just hours after the conclusion of the running of the Indianapolis 500 Race. Approximately 300,000 fans attended the race. The fans ranged from the fairly intense fans to, fair-weather fans, to fun-seeking fans. Now, keeping it short, referring to the three types of fans above and the scripture below thing about what kind of fan you are of...

I’M NOT FEELING IT!

“There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped on his doorstep. All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man’s table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores. “Then he died, this poor man, and was taken up by the angels...

WHEN JESUS STOPS FOR YOU

“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and he was unable due to the crowd, because he was short in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree in order to see Him, because He was about to pass through that way. And when...

SCRIPTWRITER’S ASSISTANTS NEEDED!

“To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.” (Nelson Mandela) This is a serious meditation! Listen carefully! Pay attention! We can help the aforementioned wish expressed by Nelson Mandela come true When I say, “We,” I am referring to parents, grandparents, church...