Jeremiah 23:24 (KJV) “Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.” You can hide from people. You can wear a mask around friends. You can fake it at church. But you can’t hide from God. There are

You don’t run dry when God is your Source. You thrive—consistently, supernaturally, unmistakably. Isaiah 58:11, And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of

Sweden is located in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of citizens belong to the Church of Sweden, but it is estimated that only 2% of the church's members regularly attend Sunday services. Sweden needs the Gospel, not religion. Pray for labourers.

We had a busy and fruitful couple of weeks. Our best VBS (NBT) that we have had in a decade, then off to the Bill Rice Ranch for another great week. Finally, we celebrated Christy’s birthday.

Love Stays Close John 15:10, “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.” Jesus is drawing a clear line between obedience and relationship. This verse doesn’t suggest that we earn His love through

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Proverbs 5:11–13 isn’t a maybe—it’s a guarantee. 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that

You can walk in confident expectation today because God promises to light your path, guard your steps, and give you what’s good. “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” (Psalm

Preacher, don’t delay obedience. Psalms 119:60, “I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.” The psalmist moved swiftly when God spoke, not waiting for perfect timing or consensus. Leadership requires responsiveness, not perfection. Overthinking can stall

Some days, you need more than good advice you need a place to “hide.” A shield from the warfare. A quiet place to breathe. Not to run from something, but to run to Someone. “Thou art my hiding place and my shield…” (Psalm 119:114) God is both. And His Word still holds. “I

James 1:22, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” You can sit in church, nod at the sermon, quote the verse, and still be living in self-deception. James doesn’t sugarcoat it when he says that if you hear the Word and don’t act on it,

Encouraged reading Isaiah 33:22!Isaiah gives us one a most stabilizing declaration: “The LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.” He’s not only righteous and holy as judge and lawgiver, but He is a ruling God and present God…And He

If your “spiritual freedom” costs you God’s favor, it’s not freedom it’s a trap. There is a “freedom” that is actually just slow death. Heaven’s freedom is when Jesus breaks the chains. Romans 6 says there are 2 kinds of freedom: 1.) Free from righteousness = slave to sin.

As humans, our scars are sometimes used to identify us. Each scar is a physical manifestation of a previous hurt we have endured. God designed our bodies to transform wounds into scars, giving us a picture of what He does in our lives.

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A corrupted view of the priesthood of the believer always results in a calloused view of the blood of Jesus. The priesthood of the believer means you have access to God, not permission to ignore Him. It is not God’s license to set your own standard of consecration, but His

Updated Post from Earlier: A selfish view of the priesthood of the believer always dulls the value of the blood of Jesus, and a careless view of His blood always leads to a reckless practice of that priesthood. The priesthood of the believer means you have access to God, not