I was studying Paul’s letter to Titus the other morning when the “P” word came up once again. It seems that I am forever dealing with the “P” word and, more often than not, coming up short of the message it shouts in my ear. A word that seems to challenge us all from time-to-time … Patience! Titus […]
The other morning I was where I usually am at 0600… sitting by the fireside spending some quiet time in the Word. We had just had another brief snow shower the night before and as the sun was coming up I noticed that there was not a breath of wind. As I looked out the […]
There is a verse in Jeremiah that has always confused me, but I have never taken the time to work through it… Jer 39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, […]
What do we think of when we hear the words “quiet and peaceable?” I picture quiet mountain meadow, a log fire in a remote cabin or a night laying under the stars. I’m sure that word brings up something different for each of us. But for Paul, it meant something far more meaningful in his […]
When we are tempted in our circumstances we are faced with a choice. We can side with the world and the flesh or we can side with Jesus. I have always gotten that and clearly understand in every temptation the distinction between the choices. But I read something by Oswald Chambers one morning that really put […]
