“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.” (Prov. 18:22 ESV)
As my wife and I celebrate our 30th anniversary, I am reminded of this verse. How true it is! After salvation, my wife is the greatest blessing I have from the Lord on this earth. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A good thing
Posted in Scripture on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Encouraging each other
Posted in Scripture on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” (Heb. 10:24-25 ESV)
As disciples of Jesus, we need to be involved in the local [...]
Everyday seeking
Posted in Pathway ponderings on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyday is a fresh opportunity to seek the Lord. To come to the Father through Christ and receive His mercy and grace. Let’s never forget that Jesus has opened the door for us to enter into the very presence of God. Our sins are forgiven through the shed blood of Christ, and [...]
A field let go
Posted in Scripture on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Yet a [...]
Cultivating
Posted in Pathway ponderings, Scripture on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” (Matt. 13:23 KJV)
“And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth [...]
Weeding
Posted in Pathway ponderings, Scripture on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.” (Luke 8:14 ESV)
I spent some time the other day weeding and beginning to get our vegetable garden [...]
Remembering to pray
Posted in Prayer on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why is it so easy sometimes to forget to pray? Is it because we are so self-sufficient, self-assured, full of our own thoughts, or worries, or whatever? Wait a minute, maybe that’s it — there is too much self. Lord, help us to be less self-aware, and more aware of You!
Make disciples
Posted in Pathway ponderings on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The great commission commands the church to go and make disciples (Matt. 28:19). That is what the church is to be about. But as a follower of Christ, as a member of His church, then that is what we are to be about individually as well — that is for us, what life [...]
Standing in grace
Posted in Scripture on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Rom. 5:1-2 KJV)
We are standing in grace! And that is good news, for every day [...]
