Category Archives: Trusting God
Signs of the Times We Live in
For the past few years in Illinois, a satanist group has put a display with their “baby” Baphomet (it looks like a demon) in a manger in the capital building in Springfield during the Christmas season. Baphomet is a goat-like … Continue reading
Psalm 91: A Prayer of Protection
God wants to protect His peopIe in the midst of the chaos of our day. Psalm 91 is a confession, an assertion of His desire and of His love and protection for us. I always pray this to the Lord … Continue reading
Taking Every Thought Captive, Part 2
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience … Continue reading
Taking Every Thought Captive, Part 1
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience … Continue reading
David Ran Toward His Goliath
Recently, as I have been pondering what looks to be “giant” problems in our society, my attention has come to the story of David, the anointed king of Israel from the book of 1 Samuel. David was 17 years old, … Continue reading
The Kingdom Way
I will first note that the ways of God and His Kingdom are not our ways. The bible even says so. We humans have been trained by the world’s knowledge, which is vastly inferior to God’s knowledge. God created everything … Continue reading
The Big Picture, Part 2
So in Part 1, we said that Jesus came to earth to show man how to legally use this dominion that God gave man from the very beginning. Psalm 8:5 For You have made him a little lower than the … Continue reading
The Way God Does Things Is Not the Way We Do Them!
In Judges 6, we see the Israelites under severe oppression by a group of people called the Midianites. The oppression was so bad, these Midianites would come and steal the crops from the fields before the Israelites could get to … Continue reading
God’s Plans Delayed?
Can God’s plan be delayed? Does man determine when things happen? Does God get frustrated when man doesn’t “follow the plan”?
When It Looks Like It’s Not Going to Happen, Part 2
There’s another story I find interesting too, about when things don’t go the way we think they should. I am reminded of a story where the nation of Israel had to pass a severe judgment on one of their relative … Continue reading
Dogtags and Pearls...the plain and the precious 