24When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,25he said, “Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”26He also said, “Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.27May God make space for Japheth, and...
Twenty-one-year-old James Gribble, a streetcar conductor, scanned the avenue ahead, but his mind swirled with visions of the future. Life was treating him well in Philadelphia with its many amenities in 1904, compared to his hometown of Mechanicsburg, PA. What opportunities might lie ahead?
The idea of reaching out to lay hold of God’s promises (the rainbow being the symbol of promise) hands clutching at colours, spilling through fingers is mesmerizing. Reaching out of pain to climb toward God. Laying hold of the Love that no matter what, would never let him go. I don...
“For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding ‘Yes!’ And through Christ our ‘Amen’ (which means ‘Yes’) ascends to God for his glory. It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and He has identif...
“Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.” Romans 15:4 NLT Now the question becomes: Will we take God at his word and act upon it?
Help! Paul Tripp to the rescue in his “New Morning Mercies.”“Discouragement focuses more on the broken glories of creation than on the restoring glories of God’s character, presence, and promises.” I’m listening! Rapidan Baptist Camp, Rochelle, VA ”New Morning Mercies”...
(Psalm 139:18). The coming in and going out of the tide is a reminder of His faithfulness and how He keeps His promises. The deepness of the ocean and the creatures big and small that call it home remind me of the complexity of how my Creator creates. I love everything about the ...
No matter what we pass through in this age, God can be trusted. Nobody triumphs over God. He rules supremely over all the nations of the earth. You need to know that God is on His throne, even when we feel things are going really bad. Listening to God though His Word keeps us on...
tears, and our faith-multiplying story of a God of redemption who keeps His promises and never forgets, is never far from my thoughts. And I fully believe, that one of these times, he is going to be sitting next to me, winging over the mountains, and heading home, with us, forever....
God’s promises are true. He is with us and, if we keep our eyes on Him, He’ll show us the way through—choice by choice—for however long it takes to come out the other side. Photo by Chang Duong on Unsplash And when we emerge from this battle, we’ll be closer to God, str...