Hearing the Heart

... These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

- Mark 7:6b -

The Lord doesn't just read our lips; He also hears our hearts.


Love,
Your servant

Pathway to Destiny

But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

- Numbers 14:24 -

We can't get to our destiny without traveling the road of wholehearted obedience.


Love,
Your servant

Goodness, Love and You

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

- Psalm 23:6 -

Evil and hardship may come and go, but goodness and love will stick with you.


Love,
Your servant

Take Courage

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.

- Acts 23:11 -

God's Word is sufficient assurance to allay our fears. No mob, no army and no power can thwart what God has decreed.


Love,
Your servant

Give Up and Give Over

When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, "The Lord's will be done."

- Acts 21:14 -

Any further advice to someone set in his decision may just be an exercise in futility at best.

Giving up when there's nothing more you can do is neither an end nor a loss when you're working with God; it is just God's invitation for us to rest.

He knows how to finish well.

Love,

Your servant

Compelled to the Unknown

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

- Acts 20:22 -

Knowing that God's Spirit is our source of guidance ought to be enough for us to brave the unknown.


Love,
Your servant

The Name

Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the Name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the Name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out."

- Acts 19:13 -

Believers and unbelievers alike use the Name of Jesus. One group is unauthorized, the other is authorized. The only factor that makes the difference is personal relationship with Him Who owns that Name. Praise God for the wonders of that relationship.

Question is: has the world successfully outdone us by vainly and thoughtlessly uttering that precious Name many more times than us speaking that all-powerful Name in faith for all it's worth.

There's more to His Name than the almost formula-like use of closing our prayers with it. All authority in heaven and in earth is resident in it. We're authorized to bear that Name and all it's kingdom authority in all situations of life.


Love,
Your servant