Psalm 121:2 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 13, 2019 “KEY TO THE STOREHOUSE – PASS IT ON” Modern Christianity is suffering from a lack of good news. It is not because we don’t have an abundance of it; but we seem to have lost the key to the storehouse. I notice how quick we are to hear and tell bad news; and how we dig into it to learn all the…Keep Reading

Joel 1-3 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 13, 2019 “CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD” Peter states that the Old Testament prophets understood that they were not just prophesying about current events involving judgment and deliverance of Israel the fleshly kingdom of Israel, but about a future salvation, a salvation that was not revealed until after Acts chapter two (1 Peter 1:10-12). Therefore, when Joel spoke of a day in…Keep Reading

Matthew 14:28 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, September 12, 2019 “Come to Me” He stood with the congregation as they started to sing. Wanting to slip out of the church, and wanting to stay, was a tug of war in his soul. With fingers gripping the pew he stood there like Peter when he wanted to step out of the boat: “Lord if it is you, (If this is real) let me…Keep Reading

Ecclesiastes 3:11, Philippians 4:8 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 “EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL IN ITS OWN WAY” Ray Stevens, who is known for his comedic songs, such as “They Call Him the Streak,” wrote a very serious one, which began with “Jesus loves the little children,” followed by “Everything is beautiful in its own way Like a starry summer night On a snow covered winter’s day And everybody’s beautiful in their…Keep Reading

Psalm 119:11 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 7, 2019 “Jewels of Faith” There is a part of our faith that is like a treasure that is hidden in the field of our heart, and is reserved for challenging times. These jewels of faith have been collected over a lifetime of walking with the Lord. Like many precious things in our homes that have been given to us by family and friends,…Keep Reading

Psalms 103:13-14, Hebrews 2:17; 4:15 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 11, 2019 “JESUS KNOWS US BETTER THAN DOES GOD!” J. Oswald Dykes (1835-1912) connected Psalms 103:13-14 and Hebrews 2:17; 4:15, with the following words: “The thought which I desire, by the comparison of these texts, to suggest is this: how the compassion of God for men disclosed in the Old Testament has grown in the New into the fellow-feeling of Christ….Keep Reading

Proverbs 30:26 KJV THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 10, 2019 “The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their house in the rocks.” It was a barrel in the ground with a wooden lid on it. A pipe from the mountain spring constantly poured water into it. The barrel stayed full and the overflow continued as a stream of water down the hill. There a person dipped a bucket…Keep Reading

Psalms 25:6-7 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 10, 2019 “WE OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL FOR A FORGETFUL GOD!” God is not an absent-minded old man. He forgets nothing he wants to remember. However, God chooses to forget some things. David pleaded: “Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast…Keep Reading

Ezekiel 35-37 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 7, 2019 “PREACHING TO DRY BONES” The captives were saying that their bones had dried up and their hope was lost (Ezekiel 37:11). God gave Elijah a vision which assured them that there would be some who would return to the land and rebuild: “The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and…Keep Reading

Judges 13:24 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 6, 2019 “…the child grew up and the LORD blessed him.” We were browsing in a store when I ran across an interesting book. It was a High School Yearbook from a school I did not know, but it was the same year that Pat and I graduated (1969). I was a little disturbed by my find because we were in an antique store….Keep Reading

Ezekiel 32-34 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 6, 2019 “THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST” Our title may seem rather unusual for our text. The promises of the text are fulfilled in Christ, but not so much Christ as he walked the earth, but Christ as he indwells his body which still walks the earth (Ezekiel 34:23-24). A true church of Christ is both a blessing and is blessed: “And I will…Keep Reading

Genesis 3:12 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, September 5, 2019 “The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” The name of the game is BLAME. From the very first sin until the present we have mastered it well. When God asked Adam if he had eaten from the tree that he was commanded not to eat from; Adam replied,…Keep Reading