Archive for December, 2007

Lion and the Lamb

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will romp with the lamb, the leopard sleep with the kid. Calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them.
:7 Cow and bear will graze the same pasture, their calves and cubs grow up together, and the lion eat straw like the [...]

Say “Uncle”

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
     I recently saw a woman on a talk show who had been injured by shrapnel in her skull. A large portion of it had been removed for an extended period of time while swelling and other [...]

Near the Kingdom

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Ephesians 5:5  You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them–the usual variations on idolatry–will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God. (Message)
Of all the kingdoms in the world there is one that sits high above [...]

Things Happened

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Phillipians 1:12  But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
When righteousness is the pursuit and fellowship with God is the passion, there can be great confidence that even the worst of times may be used for the kingdom [...]

Captured Solitude

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Proverbs 7:18  Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
:19  For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
:20  He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
There is this illusion of freedom to [...]

Proof

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Ephesians 5:8  For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
:9  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
:10  Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
It’s [...]

Every Gift

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Ephesians 4:7  But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
:8  Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
They had put in their requests, written the ‘Santa’ letters (actually sent to a rich great uncle who [...]