Author : Mabel Duncan

For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD and has perceived and heard His word?  Who has marked His word and heard it? …I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.  I have not spoken to them yet they prophesied.  But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people […]

Thus says the LORD of hosts:  “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.  They make you worthless; they speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD.  They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD has said, you shall have peace;’ and to everyone who walks […]

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1: 7, NRSV. Dear Father, we know from personal experience that You are good!  Our heart’s desire is to learn more about You; learn from You; and learn to trust You more.  In the name of […]

So it was when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!”  Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.  For so it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was […]

O God [Y]ou are my God, I seek [Y]ou, my soul thirsts for [Y]ou; my flesh faints for [Y]ou, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.  So I have looked upon [Y]ou in the sanctuary, beholding [Y]our power and glory.  Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will […]

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him:  for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16: 7. Dear LORD, as we enter the […]

Praise the LORD!  How good to sing praises to our God!  How delightful and how fitting! Psalm 147: 1, NLT. Merciful Father, it is with grateful hearts that we come into Your presence!  We await a Word from You as we begin this week; for only a Word from You will provide what we need […]

Then the LORD said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day…” Exodus 16: 4, NRSV. Gracious Father, we give You thanks for Your endless mercies toward us.  Please be with us as we study Your Word.  […]

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:  For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but […]

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:  For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but […]