Into the Ditch Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. ––Psalm 23:4, NKJV Each year nearly five million people from all over the globe visit the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. What’s crazy is […]
A Father’s Voice The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. ––Psalm 29:3-4 For a lot of men I’ve met and ministered to over the years, there’s an invisible wall that makes it hard for them to hear the love in God’s […]
Crushed The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. ––Romans 16:20 “He crushed it.” “I’ve got a crush on you.” “They suffered a crushing blow.” Like many words in the crazy thing that is the English language, “crush” can mean a few different […]
Resurrection And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. For all […]
Crucifixion I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ––Galatians 2:20 Crucifixion is one of those words whose meaning is unescapable. It’s harsh, brutal, and […]
Persecution They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. –– Revelation 12:11 There’s a three-phase journey that every God’s man travels in life. It doesn’t matter where you live, how much money you have, […]
Wake Up Dead Man Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to […]
Here We Go! The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you. ––Psalm 9:9-10, NLT Every man who loves God will find his back against the wall. For those who know […]
120 Billion Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you.Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. ––Psalm 39:4-5 All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women […]
Open Heart If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. ––John 15:19 So the expression goes, “Fool me once, shame on you. […]
