Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead,And your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right… Read More Keep Your Heart
God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods. How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked (Psalm 82:1-4). The psalmist rebukes the judges because the people go to them… Read More Unjust Judges
My name is Mingmei and I’m in desperate need of your prayers. My son’s school is teaching him and other children to hate God and to distrust their Christian parents. Before he started school, I told my son about God’s creation and he believed it. But after being taught at school, he is a… Read More Mingmei’s Plea
Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord;I shall not slip. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth – Psalm 26:1-3, NKJV When we walk in God’s Truth, we will never stumble. Our steps… Read More Walking in God’s Truth
I opened the Bible and read John 10:33; Mark 2:7 and Luke 5:21. There were two definitions for blasphemy. The first was, when the religious leaders accused Jesus, being a Man making Himself God and the second was when He forgave the paralytic of his sins. According to the scriptures, anyone who tried to do the… Read More Father Jörgensen’s Questionings
Judges 19 We don’t know her name. She was from Bethlehem in Judah and the only daughter of her father. A Levite man saw her and took her to be his concubine. We don’t know long they were together before she cheated on him and left him. She returned to her father in Bethlehem. Four… Read More An Outrage
I will thank the Lord because He is just. I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High (Psalm 7:17) I try to be fair to others because God is fair to me. When I do wrong He brings it to my attention and gives me the opportunity to do what is… Read More God’s Fairness
Father Kowalski and Sister Francesca were saying the morning prayers. “You look tired, Father,” Sister Francesca remarked when they were finished. “Didn’t you have a good night’s rest?” He smiled. “How could I sleep with all that racket?” “Oh, you mean the rain?” “It was more like a storm. It kept me awake for a… Read More After the Storm
Whenever one of us is in trouble, God intercedes. He takes care of us. The psalmist testifies, “Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have died. I cried out, ‘I’m slipping!’ and Your unfailing love, O Lord supported… Read More God Takes Care of His People
Des had just gotten on his motorcycle, about to take off when he spotted Chantoya coming down the sidewalk. He turned off the engine and slid off the seat. Adjusting his shirt and smoothing his hair down, he walked over to her. “Hi there,” he said when he was standing in front of her. A… Read More Ties in Seattle
Notes to Women 