"... Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.' " Isaiah 12: 2, NKJV We thank You Lord, that instead of being afraid, we can trust You.  Amen Our promise for today is taken from a very short, but powerful, hymn of praise and thanksgiving!  In the first verse the prophet makes mention of the fact that at first God was angry with Him, but now His anger is turned away, and in the place of anger God comforts Him.  The closer we...

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened..." Matthew 7: 7, 8, NKJV Dear Lord, please help us to understand the essence of this promise, for Christ's sake.  Amen Today we look into the storehouse of God's promises at this gem, and our hearts rejoice!  The words used in this promise are simple, and easy to understand; but the implications are profound.  The Word of God is affirming that...

For thus says the LORD of Hosts:  "He sent Me after glory, to the nations who plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye..." Zechariah 2: 8, NKJV Dear God, these words give us such a feeling of being loved, and of belonging!  For this we give You thanks; in Jesus' name.  Amen The meaning of the first part of this text is not very clear.  The obvious question would be:  "After what glory?  Or perhaps it is more accurate to ask, "After Whose glory?  We pray that the Holy Spirit of God who inspired all Scripture will...

"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God believe also in Me. John 14: 1, NKJV Dear Lord, we are willing to take You at Your Word.  We will not be troubled; but only believe!  Amen Two days ago we meditated upon the promise of Christ's return.  Our text for today is a part of that promise.  Interestingly enough, this text precedes the rest of the promise, it seems, as a sort of an introduction.  It would also appear to be the guarantee of the entire promise.  And a worthy guarantee it is!  It is a double assurance of its fulfillment:  If you...

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.  You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.  No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what His master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. John 15: 13-15, NKJV Dear Lord, please make Your Word plain to us as we study, for Christ's sake.  Amen During the past week we celebrated Valentine's Day.  In the Republic of Panama, where I am...

"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God believe also in Me.  In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14: 1-3, NKJV). Dear Lord, it is wonderful to know that You are coming back for us. May we rejoice this day in that hope.  Amen Today, we are looking at what...

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. Proverbs 1: 8, 9, NIV Heavenly Parent, thank you so much for walking us through this series.  May we be blessed as we study today, and may this study prove a blessing to all who visit this site.  For Christ's sake.  Amen Yesterday we rejoiced as we studied the life of Timothy.  A young man, who from his infancy, clung to the teachings of his mother Eunice, and his grandmother Lois, and became a...

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. Proverbs 1: 8, 9, NIV Heavenly Parent, for two days our hearts have been broken as we contemplated the sadness that resulted from wrong decisions.  Please make it clear to us that there is no way better than Your way.  For Christ's sake.  Amen I am sure that many shed tears for Dinah yesterday.  May today's meditation bring us hope, and put a smile on our faces.  Today we will be talking about Timothy, whom...

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. Proverbs 1: 8, 9, NIV  Blessed Lord, we thank You, that even when our feet stray into areas that were never intended for us, You will not abandon us.  Amen Today we continue in our series of "Listening to Our Parents, in the Lord."  Yesterday we wept over Samson.  Today we take a look at: Dinah.  She is Jacob's only daughter, by Leah.  She was the eleventh child.  Born just before Joseph, who was the apple of...

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. Proverbs 1: 8, 9, NIV  Dear Lord, even as "older children," help us even now, to be obedient to our heavenly Parent, for Christ's sake.  Amen The Bible is filled with examples of this promise being fulfilled in the lives of children who obeyed their parents in the Lord.  Unfortunately, it is also full of examples of those who failed to do so.  For the next few days, let us look...