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Be Ready Be Alert Good guys do NOT always wear white hats! Bad guys MAY wear white hats! Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14) We must continually be ready and alert. Be Ready Know the word of God, the Bible. Hide His word in your heart. Be ready to apply…

Scripture tells us to remember who God is and what He has done. Here are two of the reasons: Remembering cures fear, depression, and more. David, when he was in despair, deliberately remembered God. Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I…

Don’t Listen to Lies In the book of Ezekiel, Yahweh declares wrath and woe on the false prophets who speak out of their own imagination. Those false prophets disheartened the righteous and encouraged the wicked (Ezekiel 13:22). They misled Yahweh’s people. They did much harm by “lying to My people who listen to lies.”  (Ezekiel…

False accusations hurt! Job suffered false accusations for much of 35 chapters. Paul, after pouring himself into the Corinthians, was accused by them of not being a true apostle, being deceitful, taking advantage of them, speaking poorly, and more. (2 Corinthians 10-12) Most, or maybe all, of us have been accused of character, motives or…

Stuck? I, much too often, mentally dwell on my past sins and failures. Perhaps you do as well. And it is easy to mourn our current situations, reflecting how our sins and failures led to circumstances we don’t like. Satan likes us to be stuck. He likes to bind us to our past in order…

Contentment During Trials We (Christians) can and should be content regardless of our circumstances. Paul, in prison, certainly was. I know contentment is possible if we know and trust our loving Sovereign. Discontent I had a four-day, big to me, trial, and contentment was nowhere to be found. Alas. Even worse, I didn’t even think…

Bye Bye 2023 A number of years ago I realized that annually I assessed my work performance for my boss, but that I wasn’t doing the same for my Lord. Now, I prayerfully review my year: How did I spend my time? How did I use my financial resources? Did I stay in God’s word,…

Incredible, but True And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) The Word, Jesus Christ, is eternal God, and was with God from eternity past. (John 1) At Christmas, we celebrate His coming.…

Prepare for Christmas: Repent! John the Baptist: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2)  Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent. (Acts…

He Warned Us While we don’t know when, God has told us a lot about what. He warned us on purpose. Jesus, in the upper room, just before His betrayal, told the disciples that He would be betrayed, and that He would be crucified. He told them in advance for a reason. From now on…