…He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.  Psalm 23: 4, NKJV Gracious God, we praise and magnify Your matchless name!  Please teach us how we can bring You glory.  In the name of Jesus we pray!  Amen  Today, we are going to take a look at an important topic:  How we can bring glory to God's great name!  “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain…” (Exodus 20: 7).  This command forms a part of the...

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and is to come," the Almighty... Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.  I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore.  Amen.  And I have the keys of Hades and of Death." Revelation 1: 8, 17b, 18, NKJV. Heavenly Father, may the blessed Holy Spirit direct our study today; in the precious name of Jesus we pray!  Amen. We just came to the end of a study of the Book of Job. ...

Give thanks to the LORD for e is good; is love endures forever. Psalm 107: 1, NIV Dear Lord, here we are again, sitting at Your feet, waiting to hear from You; in the precious name of Jesus; Amen Our promise today, begins on a note of praise: “Give thanks to the LORD” What is the reason for this praise? “God is good!” I can say, Yes! to that. I can testify to that! I can rejoice in that! I can join with the psalmist in giving praise for that! I have proven that! Then comes the promise, “His love...

If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not doing your own ways, serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs; then you will take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 58: 13, 14, NRSV (The New Oxford Annotated Bible) Heavenly Father,...

Then e said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath:  Thus says the Lord GOD:  Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live, I prophesied as e commanded me, and the breath came unto them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude…”  Ezekiel 37: 9, 10, NRSV. Dear Father, we have heard many powerful sermons based on this portion of Your Word.  Today, we ask for something new; another aspect of this scripture.  Please open our hearts, and ears, that we might become both hearers...

A woman of Samaria came to draw water.  Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”  John 4: 7, NKJV Thank You Holy Father, for giving us a sense of worth by asking us to give to You, who are the Giver of life and every good gift, something of ourselves.  May You continue to speak to our hearts today, for we are listening!  Amen As we continue in our Mother’s Day series, I am happy to share with you the story of, “the woman at the well.” I have shared her story with you before.  I also mentioned her during our...

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8: 31, NKJV Holy God, here we are waiting on You to lead us into all truth, in the name of Jesus, Amen Today our promise is short, and to the point; but powerful, and extremely encouraging! If we believed this with all our hearts, nothing, or no one, would be able to discourage, or, defeat, us. The apostle begins by asking a question, and then answers his own question with another question. Together, we will look at some of these...

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples, that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her. John 20: 18, NKJV Dear Lord, please help us to catch a glimpse of You, as we enter the study of Your Word, for Christ’s sake. Amen Yesterday, we looked at Mary Magdalene and the other Marys, as they made their way to the tomb of Jesus to face the “very large stone,” that covered the door of the tomb. Today, the gospel according to John, focuses this incident from a different angle. It looks at Mary alone;...

Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. Matthew 28: 1, 2, NKJV Heavenly Father, there are so many wonderful lessons to be learned from Your Word. Please teach us we pray, in Jesus’ name; Amen Today we continue to look for hidden gems in the story of the crucifixion. Our eyes turn...

Your kingdom come.  Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Matthew 6: 10, NRSV. Dear LORD, as we study a portion of the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples; we pray that You might be present to give us insight into Your holy Word.  In Jesus’ name we pray; Amen. I wonder what heaven must be like!  I read about what it will look like, yet my mind can never fully comprehend all that God has in store for those who love Him, and want to be with Him (1 Corinthians 2: 9)!  Today, however, we want...