Retro

Paul, in Romans 6, tells us to consider ourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ. What if someone were talking to you about their sin and asked you if you struggled with the same thing? Would you say to them, “Na, I’m dead to that.” That would sound so arrogant and insensitive, […]

Joy is so healing and such a protector from emotional and physical weariness. The scripture says, ‘The joy of The Lord is our strength.’ Notice, it’s ‘The joy of The Lord.’ It’s BESTOWED joy and it’s His. How joyful is He? Once He bestows it, then it becomes my joy and it is a fullness

Mark 9:14 When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15 Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16 And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” 17 And one of

Luke 2:36-38 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and

Deut. 8:2 “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. Deut. 8:3 “He humbled you and let you be hungry, and

Jesus made us a promise when He said “In this world you shall have tribulation.” Interesting that He didn’t say you might have tribulation, He said You SHALL. I often hear people say that in desperate times they are clinging to The Lord. I know what they are saying when they say that, but the

“The word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest. son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord came upon.” Ezekiel 1:3. I love what this verse says about being in the presence of the Lord and getting a word from Him. First,

Rev. 12:15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. Rom. 8:1  Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. John 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and

Just a short reminder today. Jesus said that He was the Vine and that we are the Branches. Branches don’t pull or strain the life out of the vine, they just rest and simply enjoy the life of the vine that is flowing and moving in them. It is the role of the branch to

Zephaniah is about God bringing jealous judgement on Judah because their hearts are languishing toward Him and they have become indifferent toward God. God’s discipline directed toward His people is always about His longing and jealous heart removing all hindrances to love and hopefully awakening love in a remnant that will once again long for