Posts from April 2021

God is a God who blesses! He knows how to give good gifts and provides for the cares we all need in life. God allows His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust (Matthew 5:45). He is a good who blesses all people with physical needs because He is gracious and kind (James 1:17). However, Ephesians 1:3, tells us that spiritual blessings are only found in one location, “In…

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 7:12). Our familiarity with these words should not cause us to become complacent or negligent. The words of our Lord are ever applicable. The “Therefore” (NKJV and others) or “So whatever” (ESV) links the thought of this verse to what immediately preceded in verse 11. Just as God gives “good gifts,” so His children should seek the…

It is one of the most graphic displays of human suffering in all of the Bible! You can read about it in 2 Kings 6:24-7:2. In the end, it is also one of the greatest displays of God’s power in all of the Scriptures, as well. The nation of Syria had come against the city of Samaria and cut off all food supply entering the city. The people within the walled city were starving. The Bible says that they were…

Psalm 51. In this well-known psalm of repentance, David comes clean before God concerning his sin with Bathsheba and his having Uriah killed (read 2 Samuel 11 & 12). The words of David are especially appropriate from another occasion: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18). Few passages anywhere in the Bible resonate with such truth and emotion regarding confession of sin. This psalm deals with 12 words that will change anyone’s…