WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens!  I see that in every way you are very religious.  For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god.  So, you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.  The God who made the...

THE UNCHANGING FOUNDATION

“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24-25 The Amplified Bible) I drove by the major university located just northwest of downtown...

THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO START OUR WEEK

“Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.” (Proverbs 10:7 CEV) Are you ready for this Monday Short meditation?  It should take you less than 60 seconds to read, but your reaction to it should take the entire week, and the results should still be evident throughout your lifetime.  As I was doing dishes one day last week, I found myself,...

THANK GOD FOR HIS SPECIFIC MESSENGERS

“And how shall they preach unless they are sent?  As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:15 New King James Version) It is early Sunday morning, so I will be as brief as possible!  I know you got “somewhere” to be.  But I just wanted you to join me in thanking God for His...

WARNING: THIS MEDITATION IS RATED “F”

“By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said.  That’s how it happened that from one man’s dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions.” (Hebrew2 11:11-12 The Message Bible) After yesterday’s lengthy meditation, I thought I would be brief this...

HOW TO GET THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

“God spoke all these words: I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery.  No other gods, only me.  No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim.  Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins...

THE GREETER SPEAKS!

“For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.  You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.  But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.” (James 1:23-25 NLT) If you are by chance saving these meditations...

BLESSED MORE THAN YOU THINK

“Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.” (Psalm 144:15 NIV) My friend, you are blessed more than you think!  Let’s do two exercises, two brief exercises to raise your conscious level in regard to how blessed you are. The first exercise is a vocal exercise.  I heard a song on the radio the other day where the lyrics repeated the...

SIN SECRETS TO SACRED LIVING

“And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.” (Hebrews 4:13 The Amplified Bible) “He has not dealt with us according to our sins , nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.  For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those...

THE ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.  The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:15-17) This is the answer I promised you yesterday.  It is...