“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits–who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases……
Hebrews 12:7:"Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?"Isaiah 66:13:"As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."Psalm 103:13:"As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD...…
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits–who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases……
(To read these posts in order from the beginning, start here.) I will never forget the first time I saw the face of my newborn daughter. She was my first child, and apparently I was expecting to give birth to a carbon copy of myself because I was surprised when...…
There are things we appreciate and value from our childhood as well as things our parents did that we don’t want to emulate. But there is one parent we should always aspire to be like: our Father in heaven.…
Last week we examined an incident wherein the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Before we look at what Jesus said in response to the request, let us note a number of things he did not say. Jesus did not mandate that prayer be done with the closed eyes and folded hands so……
If we paid attention to how thoughtful the Lord is of us, we would not worry about so much. I had a conversation with my cousin last night as we talked about th…