A Great Prayer

I want to share a quick thought today. Psalm 12 begins with one of the most profound prayers, and most important prayers we can offer: “Help, LORD;” We will pray it often when we understand how great He is. -PB

Coming Clean

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Ps 51:10. Sadly it seems that sometimes we Children of God must fall and be disciplined to get back to a place of humility and contrition. Thank God He is faithful! -PB

Free to Stand

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Gal 5:1 This verse is an old favorite of mine, I think I memorized it when 34 years ago. Something that I just realized today...

Working in Faith

“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:26 While good works don’t earn salvation, non-believers can do good works, and believers sometimes do evil works, the works of a believer reflect faith. When...

Are you mad?

Twice in Jonah chapter 4 God asked Jonah “Doest thou well to be angry?” (vss 4&9). It is instructive that Jonah continued to justify his anger, but God continued to show that His plan is correct. What are we angry about? Are we like Jonah and not feel...