As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be… Read more

“Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.” Isa. 41:10a “Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 1:8 There are many instances in Scripture when God’s chosen people are afraid. But notice the… Read more

But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”   1Peter 1:16 (NAS) Our new birth in the Spirit gives us a new relationship with God. He predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of His Son.… Read more

I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Thy wonders. I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High.   Psalm 9: 1-2 (NAS) Call it a holy moment. Start your day with a prayer of thankfulness. It’s easy to… Read more

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?  Psalm 22:1 ESV Jesus was fulfilling prophecy even at His last breath on the cross.  The Jewish crowd would have recognized that He was quoting the words of David, written over 1000 years previously.  Psalm 22… Read more

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My god, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 ESV How can it be that the most tragic event in human history is simultaneously the most glorious?  My sinless Savior was sentenced to death by… Read more

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”   John 17:20-21… Read more

“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”    Genesis 3:15 NIV These were the prophetic words that God spoke to the serpent after Adam’s sin in the garden.  Man’s sin was not a surprise to Him, and before… Read more

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.  And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them… Read more

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.  Ecclesiastes 4:12 NAS God did not create us to be loners. The body of Christ (the church) is made of up of many parts that cannot operate independently.  A person who is isolated from… Read more