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The Song I Sang to God

“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us.” 1 John 4:8

“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him;

I will be glad in the Lord.” Psalm 104:33-34

I believe I have the worst singing voice of any person I’ve ever met, let alone likely in the world. When I was under false prosperity gospel teaching, I was essentially taught I could have anything I wanted if I had enough faith. I was told I jus...

Quit Banging Your Spoons

“Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” Hebrews 13:15

  “Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!” Psalm 96:9

  “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess. 5:18

Know what babies do when they’re in their high chairs and they don’t get what they want, and even when they ultimately get what they want, but they don’t get it fast enough, fast enough in...

The Humble Hooker

“Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to h...

Are You Ready to QUIT?

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 1 Peter 5:8-9

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has...

The Deepest Cry of Your Heart

“And David danced before the Lord with all his might…” 2 Sam. 6:14

 

“Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.” “ John 4:13-14

 

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.” Mt. 5:6

 

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,

So pants my soul for You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…” Psalm 42:1-2

 

“And you shall love the...

Need Hope?

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” 1 Peter 3:15

If you are looking for hope, and you need hope, and you can’t seem to find hope, or you feel like you keep finding hope but then losing your grasp on it and are unable to find it any longer, wondering how could it go again, be gone just like that, and sometimes you feel like you’re riding a roller coaster of hope,...

Is Church Your Refuge?

“Be my strong refuge,

To which I may resort continually;

You have given the commandment to save me,

For You are my rock and my fortress.” Psalm 71:3

 

“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of trouble.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;

For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.” Ps. 9:9-10

 

“God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1

 

The Bible is abundantly clear about the Lord’s command for Hi...

The Woman Who Said NO!

“…pray without ceasing…” 1 Thess. 5:17

NO! A sweet friend told me one day. My friend is a loving, compassionate, godly, giving, and generous woman who is continually finding opportunities to love and serve the Lord and others. I had presented her with a wonderful opportunity to help me with something that probably would have taken no more than an hour or two every month. She would have been a big help to me, but most importantly she would have been serving the Lord with that opportunity, not...

I Used to Un-bury Corpses

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ” Phil. 3:8

  “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forw...

But God I Don’t Enjoy This!

 “By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.” Hebrews 11:24-26

But I don’t enjoy doing this, I thought to myself. Whine. Whine. I have done this before, and I don’t enjoy it. Whine. Sigh.

The Spirit of God interrupted my thoughts.

“Is this...