Through the Valley

In life we will all experience both mountain top and valley experiences, and everything in between. When we are at the top of the mountain, when things are going well, we have peace, contentment, and happiness. Yet few of us spend a lot of time at the top. Often, we find the slippery slope down,Continue reading “Through the Valley”

Encountering the Healer

Some time ago I preached a series titled, “Close Encounters of the Divine Kind.” I did not get a video on all the sermons in the series, but I did for this last one titled, “Encountering the Healer.” In it I share a few details about my encounter with the Lord our Healer. It isContinue reading “Encountering the Healer”

Examine Everything

“And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against theContinue reading “Examine Everything”

Biblical Illiteracy

“Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord. “How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’?” (Jeremiah 8:7–8, ESV) Is nature wiser than people?Continue reading “Biblical Illiteracy”

Fallacy of Human Wisdom

“And now what do you gain by going to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?” (Jeremiah 2:18, ESV) I do not know how many times I have done things without knowledge or without following the knowledge thatContinue reading “Fallacy of Human Wisdom”

Patience in Suffering

“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” (Isaiah 53:4, KJV) Something dawned on me during the worship service on Sunday. As many know, I have been dealing with bladder cancer for somewhat short of a year now. This has included threeContinue reading “Patience in Suffering”

God Is In Control

Last night I had a dream. It does not matter if you view dreams as a prophetic message or not. What I had was an illustration of a profound truth. I thought I would record it in this devotion. I dreamt that I was a preacher. Well, that is not a new revelation. However, IContinue reading “God Is In Control”

Let Not Complainers Influence You

“And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”” (Numbers 20:12, ESV) We must guard ourselves against letting the attitudes andContinue reading “Let Not Complainers Influence You”

Safe Haven

“You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah” (Psalm 32:7, ESV) There once was a little boat, moored off a great land. One morning the boat looked to the horizon over the water and realized that a great storm had arisen. The smallContinue reading “Safe Haven”

“Superstition ain’t the way”

12 Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror. 13 You are wearied with your many counsels; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars,Continue reading ““Superstition ain’t the way””