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    For Your Encouragement

    Psalm 56 English Standard Version (ESV) In God I Trust [paste:font size="3"]To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A of David, when the all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They O)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14765O" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size...
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    Struggling

    I struggle with depression and Psychosis and need some prayer.
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    Fully Dedicated

    Fully Dedicated August 31, 2011 Mark 1:1-8 is about the messenger that Isaiah prophesied about, John the Baptist, John the Baptist is an example of someone whose whole life was dedicated to the Lord in faithful service to Him. He lived in the desert, dressed in camel’s hair, and ate...
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    Worship Him!

    Worship Him Tuesday August 30, 2011 Mary and Mary were among the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee during his arrest, crucifixion, etc. to care for his needs. They went to visit his tomb, but when they arrived, they saw that the stone had rolled away and that an angel sat on...
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    Every Vision Will Be Fulfilled

    Every Vision Will Be Fulfilled Sunday April 10, 2011 The Lord told Ezekiel that he was living among a rebellious people who did not have eyes to see or ears to hear. This is because they chose to believe the lies of those who told them what made them feel good rather than the truth...
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    He Is Our Sanctuary

    He Is Our Sanctuary Friday April 8, 2011 Once again the Lord shows Ezekiel the creatures from the first vision in Ezekiel 1. This time the creatures were cherubim like on the arc of the covenant. This represented the glory of the Lord, which was getting ready to leave this temple...
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    Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes Thursday April 7, 2011 In Ezekiel Chapter 8, God gives Ezekiel a vision of the idol worshipping taking place inside the temple in Jerusalem. This was the one place where the people should have been worshipping the one and only God! God first showed Ezekiel the “idol...
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    Be Faithful

    Be Faithful Wednesday April 6, 2011 In reading the book of Ezekiel, I have learned about how Ezekiel obeyed God down to the tiniest detail knowing that he would be rejected just as Jeremiah had. God told Ezekiel in chapter 3 that the Israelites would not listen to him because they will not...
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    Indescribable

    Indescribable Sunday April 3, 2011 I have just begun reading the book of Ezekiel. Chapter 1 begins with God giving Ezekiel a vision, but the interpretation of it was not written. I have read someone else’s interpretation of it that makes sense, but I cannot help but wonder what God...
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    Restore Us, Lord!

    Restore Us, Lord! Friday April 1, 2011 The people of Judah put their security in their prosperity and became prideful, rather than placing their security in God and giving Him all the glory. They refused to repent of their sins and turn to Him, so God had to judge them. The above...
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    Bear His Yoke

    Bear His Yoke Thursday March 31, 2011 Jeremiah knew both God’s anger at sin and His compassion. He knew that the Lord is faithful and that if we put our hope in God, seek Him, and wait for Him in our troubles, He will be faithful to save us. This does not mean that we will not face...
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    Pour Out Your Hearts Like Water

    Pour Out Your Heart Like Water Wednesday March 30, 2011 This sounds so depressing, but the people of Israel and Judah were given ample warning by God and still did not repent of their sins. God destroyed all of the things in which the people chose to put their security: kings and...
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    Where Do You Turn in Troubles

    Where Do You Turn in Troubles? Tuesday March 29, 2011 The book of Jeremiah was a collection of prophecies given to Jeremiah from God to deliver to the peoples. The book of Lamentations looks back on each of these events once the prophecies were fulfilled. Here Jeremiah weeps over the...
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    A Heap of Ruins

    A Heap of Ruins Monday March 28, 2011 In Jer Ch. 51, God warned His remnant to leave Babylon because He was getting ready to destroy this nation. Babylon was God’s instrument of judgment against all nations and against His remnant, but now she would be destroyed because of her many...
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    He Alone is Powerful

    He Alone is Powerful Sunday March 27, 2011 Once God was finished using Babylon as His instrument of judgment against the people of Judah for their sins, He planned to punish the people of Babylon for their sins. God only used Babylon as an instrument of His judgment, not because He was...
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    Godly Success Vs Worldly Success

    Godly Success vs Worldly Success Saturday March 26, 2011 Just like the Moabites, the Ammonites were descendants of Lot through an incestuous relationship with one of his daughters. The Ammonites worshiped the idol Molech. Just as with Chemosh, worship of this god involved child sacrifice...
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    He Alone is God

    He Alone is God Friday March 25, 2011 Jer Ch. 48 is a prophecy about Moab. I had forgotten who the Moabites were, so I had to look them up. I found out that they were descendants of Lot through an incestuous relationship with one of his daughters. In Numbers 25, they led the Israelites into...
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    Do Not Trust in "Egypt"

    Do Not Trust in “Egypt”! Thursday March 24, 2011 Many Judites and Israelites fled Babylon hoping to escape the judgment of the Lord. They thought that they would be safe and would prosper in Egypt who was another world power at the time. God encouraged them by saying that if they...
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    Pay Attention!

    Pay Attention! Wednesday March 23, 2011 Jeremiah had chosen to go back to Judah once he was freed by the imperial guard, but he was taken to Egypt against his will. The Lord gave him another message to deliver to the Jews in Egypt.Jeremiah told them that despite the disaster that they saw the...
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    He Is Faithful

    He Is Faithful Tuesday March 22, 2011 The commander of the guard acknowledged that the disaster that the Lord promised through Jeremiah had happened and then freed Jeremiah and told him that he could go wherever he wanted to go. Jeremiah chose to go back to his people in Judah and to stay...