Be Where You Should Be, and Do What You Should Do
“And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. But David went and returned…
Read MoreFighting with God
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,” (Genesis 6:3) Psalm 47:7 says, “For God is the King of all the earth:” As King, He has authority over us. Yet He also gives us free will to obey or disobey Him. Of course, He is also the “…Judge of all the…
Read MoreForgiveness: Receiving and Giving
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:31-32) Most of us know what it’s like to say or do things we…
Read MoreFood That’s Good and Good for You
“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103) Do you remember being a kid at the dinner table and mom putting broccoli, turnips, liver, or something else you couldn’t stand in front of you? You would ask, “Why do I have to eat this?” She would…
Read MorePolitical Essay: Please Read Before you Sign
“Thy God, whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.” (Daniel 6:16) Darius was the Medo-Persian king. The Medo-Persians had defeated the Babylonians. Daniel the prophet had served the Babylonians, but now that the Medo-Persians were in power, Daniel was working for King Darius. Darius’s government had one hundred twenty princes over the whole kingdom,…
Read MoreEssay from a Concerned American: Serving the Lord in the Workplace
“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;” (Romans 12:11) Romans Chapter 12 is largely about the nuts and bolts of the daily Christian life. At first glance, our verse may seem to be for people in ministry; yet it’s really for everyone who knows Jesus as Saviour. The Book of Romans wasn’t…
Read MorePouring Out Your Heart to God
“…pour out your heart before him:” (Psalm 62:8) Israel was in cruel bondage in Egypt. God sent Moses to deliver them. Moses and his brother Aaron went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and said, “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in…
Read MoreEssay from a Concerned American: Yellow Journalism
“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” (2 Corinthians 13:8) Journalists, like most people, aren’t perfect. Take the following FOX 23 News headline: Tulsa police search for suspect after robbing a woman at gunpoint Does something sound not quite right? We know (or hope) that Tulsa police didn’t rob a…
Read MorePolice Devotional 4-12-21
“Therefore all things that ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12) These words are important words. We know they’re important because they’re in the Bible. The Bible is the most important book in the world. It is God’s…
Read MoreGod’s Authority and Caesar’s
One day the Pharisees “…sent out unto him [Jesus] their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.” (Matthew 22:16) After this attempt at flattery, they tried to trap…
Read MoreAn Old Tactic, but it Works
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1) Here is the story of the fall of man. The devil tempted Eve to eat…
Read MoreOffensive but Needful
Then came his [Jesus’] disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead…
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