“When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Silence! Be still!’ Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.” – Mark 4:39 (NLT) I’m always intrigued when my kids can sleep through a really loud thunder storm. I can hardly hear myself think and there they are, snoozing away. […]

I can’t help but be stirred to think of the amazing work Christ did for me—and humanity—every time I hear or sing that famous hymn …Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me…  It causes me to ponder the moment when I made my decision for Christ at 17 years old […]

“Then Hezekiah answered and said, ‘Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord.’ And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.” – 2 Chronicles 29:31 (KJV) All offerings are […]

“Then Pharaoh sent for [Joseph] and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.” – Psalm 105:20 (NLT) From the prison to the palace. It happened for Joseph. The institution that put him in chains ultimately promoted him to the second most powerful position in all the land. Even though Joseph’s […]

“No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.” – Isaiah 58:6 (NLT) Traditional fasting involves abstaining from eating for a period of time. The idea is that […]

“But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – 2 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NLT) To know and understand the truth is to be free. Whenever we  turn to the Lord, the veil that blocks knowledge […]

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to slavery” – Galatians 5:1 (NASB) In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he exhorts them to refrain from going back to the law after they were set free by the gift of grace through their belief in Jesus […]

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. (2 Corinthians 9:8 […]

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.” – Hebrews 11:1-2 (NKJV) I know, I know . . . a predictable start to a week-long study on the word “faith.” But I find it nearly impossible to really dig […]