EARLY SHOUT OUTS!

“She is a woman of strength and dignity and has no fear of old age. When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule for everything she says. She watches carefully all that goes on throughout her household and is never lazy. Her children stand and bless her; so does her husband. He praises her with these words:‘There are many fine women in the world, but you are the best of...

EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!” (Proverbs 16:16 NIV) In my weekly talk to with a young minister, we share a variety of things. Sometimes I speak words of wisdom, and other times, he ministers to me with wise counsel. Wisdom is better than gold. I had shared with him how there are places that I drive by in town that acts as immediate stimuli,...

GOD IS NOT DONE WITH YOU

“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will also help you, I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10 NASB) It was halftime at a community league basketball game. The home team was behind by fourteen points, largely because they were not running the plays they had practiced and never seized the momentum. The...

YOU WERE AMAZED! NOW BE AMAZING!

“The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and the expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words ; their voice is not heard. Yet their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them and in the heavens, He has made a tent for the...

DON’T PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW…

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I am going to strike your entire territory with frogs. The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house, and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your...

PROPER NOURISHMENT

“Your words are what sustain me; they are food to my hungry soul. They bring joy to my sorrowing heart and delight me.” (Jeremiah 15:16a The Living Bible) Good morning! Here is the Monday Short meditation that is really small in words but remember God can take small means and bring about great results. Therefore, I just have one question for you this morning: “Are you going to get your...

AREN’T YOU GOING TO GET READY?

‘But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all...

WHEN THE LORD ASKS A QUESTION

“When Ahab told Queen Jezebel what Elijah had done, and that he had slaughtered the prophets of Baal, she sent this message to Elijah: “You killed my prophets, and now I swear by the gods that I am going to kill you by this time tomorrow night.” So, Elijah fled for his life; he went to Beersheba, a city of Judah, and left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness,...

WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP…

“And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.” (Matthew 9:35 KJV) As you can ascertain from the opening verse, when Jesus shows up, good things happened! When Jesus shows up, being God’s only begotten Son, the best showed up. When Jesus showed up in the...

IN THESE RARE TIMES

“Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord under the supervision of Eli. The word of the Lord was rare and precious in those days; visions were not widespread. Yet it happened at that time, as Eli was lying down in his own place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well).and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in...