David believed the key to being a man was to have courage to walk in obedience to the Lord, to keep his command and decrees. Some people like the expressing, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” But for David the line went this way, “manliness is next to godliness.”
So, where do Christians draw a line in the sand? The answer is this! It is not when people make fun of you or even tease you for your faith! It isn’t even when you are persecuted for your faith! Daniel and his friends faced the humiliation of names that were changed! What Daniel refused […]
The thing is that many people might try to hide from God but David doesn’t see this as something to be worried about but something to be celebrated. David sees God’s providentially looking after him. David loves the fact that God is inescapable! For him in means God is ever present with him!
In a chess game, if you can get one of your pawns to the other side of the board, something that can happen right near the end, then you say to your opponent, “Crown me.” As human beings we don’t mind a crown and that is certainly the case here. Adonijah, supported and encouraged by […]
Jesus was a popular figure after he fed the crowd by the Sea of Galilee. However, not so very long afterwards, people are starting to leave in him droves and then he asks the disciples if they are going to leave as well? Peter, always the first to speak, says, “Lord, to whom shall we […]
What Paul is doing right throughout this letter is putting steal into Timothy’s weak frame. Timothy was timid, shy, reserved and young. Timothy not only had to deal with his character, which was naturally reserved but he had to deal with a political atmosphere that was anti-Christian, plus a difficult congregation, plus those who had […]
I sometimes think that it is good that people are searching for things but so often people are searching for the wrong kinds of things. The assumption is that if you have something or experience something that you will be happy, but the truth is that this is never the case. What is far more […]
Paul goes through immense difficulties and in fact suffers many disappointments, the greatest being that those he should have counted as friends were not there for him. What made the difference was that God was by his side and sustained him. Lord will, we too will be alongside those who we consider to be Christian […]