My mother’s sons were angry with me - Song of Songs 1:6 Last week we looked at the Maiden’s first big problem she felt dirty on the outside but had beauty on the inside. Today we get a look at a second crisis in her walk with the Lord – Momma’s boys. It is interesting [...]
...for they shall see God - Matthew 5:8 To this point, I have been talking about our approach to the Father. Pure hearts allow us to draw near to Him, but there is more. There is another dimension to seeing God, and we must not miss it. Here is a question for you to ponder? [...]
I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. - Song of Songs 1:5 NKJV Our girl has spent the evening in the Kings courts. She experienced His personal care for the first time. Now she knows what Isaiah learned in the year that King [...]
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God ~ Matthew 5:8 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: ~ Hebrews 12:14 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and [...]
As we sang this lyric, my heart cried out as it has often in the past. “Lord, show me a visible manifestation of Your glory.” I’ve longed to see something like I’ve read about at the Azuza street revival when a visible glory cloud showed up. I’ve seen the videos of the cloud that floated [...]
In John 2, the writer tells us about a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee. Mary, Jesus’ mother attended and brought Jesus and the boys. You know the story - if not check it out here. One of the striking statements in this story comes from the head waiter. ... "Every man serves the good [...]
The King hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. - Song Of Songs 1:4 KJV Today we see our first brush with intimacy between our Maiden and the King. Out of a nation of women, the [...]
A Quick Thought for this Friday. …so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water." - John 1:31 John the Baptist ministered to hundreds, maybe thousands. He was happening! Then Jesus showed up on the scene, and John’s true colors came into the light. It’s a thing with Jesus. He really [...]
Four times in Matthew’s telling of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus tells us we can expect to be treated in direct relationship to the way we treat others. The first shows up here, in the beatitudes. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ~ Matthew 5:7 The next is in the Lord’s [...]
A few days back, I put up a post called “Satisfy Your Deepest Longings” about how our longings are not sin but God designed and given to us to manage. It stirred up some conversations here and on social media, but one reader posed a question I wanted to answer here. Debbie Zeigler (Ziggy317) asked: [...]