II Chronicles 33:11 states, “Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.” Spike was a smart little Australian Shepherd with a blue eye and brown eye. We got him as kids […]

Psalm 84:12 says, “O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”  The first U.S. coin to read, “IN GOD WE TRUST” is the 1864 two-cent piece (Wikipedia). The motto was not on paper currency until 1957. In 1955 Congress made it a law that it would appear on all currency.  

Psalm 84:10 says, “For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.  I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents off wickedness.” Charles Spurgeon stated, “God’s worst is better than the devils best.” The pleasure of sin is only for a season (Hebrews

Psalm 84: 8-9 says, “Oh Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.” Ruby Gordon once shared of a time when her and her sister were little girls walking to school.  They were already late and

Psalm 84:7 states, “They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeared before God.” A little girl got on my school bus one morning with crutches. She had been sick and bedridden for over a month. In that time she had lost strength in her legs—therefore the crutches. Within a short

Psalm 84:4 says, “Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee.” This psalm begins with the word “amiable.” “How amiable are thy tabernacles…” (V.1). The dictionary describes the word “amiable” as an adjective that means having or displaying a friendly, pleasant, and good-natured manner. Does that describe your church

I Samuel 1:15 states, “And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.” The world is quick to take the most and give you the least… There was a mother who had

Psalm 19:6 says, “His going forth is from the end of the heavens and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.” Hagar was the bondwoman of Abram and Sarai. At Sarai’s advice, she bare Abram a son, Ishmael (Genesis 16:1-9). Things went gunny bag. Hagar fled

Psalm 36:9 says, “For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light.” In my high school there were water fountains on each of the three floors. There was one at the end of each hall—I drank from them every day. I wondered why they couldn’t have different flavors of

Acts 26:28 states, “Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” While sitting on the beach at a picnic table, I saw a man carrying a small boat motor down the dock. He was about to step into his little boat with the motor, but he wasn’t watching closely.  The