• When faith in my Lord must kick in

    I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORDIn the land of the living. Wait for the LORD;Be strong and let your heart take courage;Yes, wait for the LORD. (Psalm 27:13-14 NAS95) The walk of faith in… Read more

  • It is good for me to become my Lord’s lab rat

    “..most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me” 2 Corinthians 12:9 NAS95. The sin of pride lies, kills and destroys because it blinds proud creatures to the truth of God. This was the… Read more

  • Content in my lord

    The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die”… Read more

  • Moaning because of my Lord

    When I remember God, then I am disturbed;When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah (Psalm 77:3 NAS95) In recent years, I have come to appreciate the book of Psalms a lot more in my walk with the Lord of glory. Not that I… Read more

  • Abandoned by my God?

    “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;And by night, but I have no rest” (Psalm 22:1-2 NAS95). It is an absolute, undeniable,… Read more

  • How far will I go in obeying my Lord?

    “…for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ…” (Philippians 3:8 NAS95). Many wonderful and horrible, but false things, have been said about the apostle Paul by believers and non-believers alike throughout the… Read more

  • Saved from and saved for by my Lord

    “…Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come” (1 Thessalonians 1:10 NAS95). “…Be saved from this perverse generation!” (Acts 2:40 NAS95). “…and these whom He justified, He also glorified” (Romans 8:30 NAS95). The God of the universe with His infinite mind has revealed His… Read more

  • God turns the lives of those whom He covenantly loves upside down.

    “…Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22 NAS95). “Surely You set them in slippery places;You cast them down to destruction. How they are destroyed in a moment!They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!” (Psalm 73:18-19 NAS95). Every kind of… Read more

  • Finding my identity in Christ Jesus alone

    “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him…” (Genesis 1:27 NASB). “…and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch” (Acts 11:26 NASB). The wonderful creation account of Genesis indicates and highlights the uniqueness of Man. How Man… Read more

  • God’s faithfulness VS mankind’s stupidity

    “God has made our master Christ, heir of all things, and we are sent to seek for a spouse for him. There is none so worthy as he; none more unworthy than they to whom this match is proposed; but the prince of darkness is… Read more

  • Why has the God of truth permitted lies and deceptions to dominate human existence for millennia?

    ” In the generations gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways ” (Acts 14:16 NASB). The apostle Paul in addressing the religious masses at Lystra, a Mediterranean city in ancient times, who tried to worship him and Barnabas for performing… Read more

  • My God takes delight in picking up the pieces.

    “…we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men…” (1 Timothy 4:10 NASB). Wow to us if God were not a Savior by nature! Wow to us if the Living God never took pleasure in picking up the… Read more

  • The cross will not be the last image the world will see of my Lord

    “…the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus” (2 Thessalonians 1:8 NASB). Most people have… Read more

  • My Lord will never put me to shame

    “To You they cried out and were delivered; in You they trusted and were not disappointed” (Psalm 22:5 NASB). Psalm 22 is one of the most quoted passages of the Hebrew Bible by the New Testament writers when describing the passion of the Messiah. As… Read more

  • In following my Lord, I have become a spiritual salmon.

    “Strive to enter through the narrow gate door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able” (Luke 13:24 NASB). It is without a doubt that following Jesus, the Christ, is not an easy task. As a matter of fact,… Read more

  • Learning to be an honorless prophet as my Lord was.

    “If a man walking after wind and falsehoodHad told lies and said,‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’He would be spokesman to these people” (Micah 2:11 NASB). If there was something that broke my Lord’s heart more than anything else, it was… Read more

  • I will always wait for my Lord, who is worthy of praise

    ” I sought the LORD, and He answered me,And delivered me from all my fears ” (Psalm 34:4 NASB). On one hand, humans are not creatures that enjoy the experience of waiting. On the other hand, this technological modern world, where every need and goal… Read more

  • My Lord’s fairness is not what I call fair

    “Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?” (Ezekiel 18:1-2). It seems that the phrase and the… Read more

  • My Lord has given me a very difficult life .

    “Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,And for comforters, but I found none” (Psalm 69:20 NASB). I love how the Bible is fulfilled even in minuscule details. My Lord told His 12 sent ones… Read more

  • Is my Lord, in whom I hope, cruel to me?

    “I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me. You have become cruel to me;with the might of Your hand, You persecute me (Job 30:20-21)”. I love the Bible for many reasons. One… Read more

  • My Lord’s wisdom requires a wilderness after Egypt and before the Promised Land

    “Therefore, behold, Iwill allure her,Bring her into the wildernessAnd speak kindly to her” (Hosea 2:14). Although I love, admire and enjoy God’s creation, I have great difficulty finding a sense of satisfaction when I look at deserts. I’m an outdoors person, but my outdoors must… Read more

  • The words of my Lord are life-transforming, destiny-giving and truth-revealing

    Every word of God is tested;He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him (Proverbs 30:6). I honestly do not know where I would be or the kind of life I would be living if I did not know and believe the Word… Read more

  • My Kurios and my Theos, Yeshuah Messiah

    There’s no greater love than YoursThat tells the dead to sleep no moreWith just the sound, chains will breakThere is freedom in Your nameThere is freedom in Your nameEvery breath I’m breathing will be filled with praiseJust for one name, always only JesusLet my heart… Read more

  • the dark side of loving like my lord

    I have no doubts that no other being has ever loved like the Creator of all things does love. I mean; who would condemn his only son for his enemies? Who would love the most unloving beings in the entire universe, especially when these beings… Read more

  • when ādām rejects my Lord’s wisdom

    “What is a woman?” (Popular question in America nowadays). Adam is one of the Hebrew words that the Bible uses for man/men. It is actually the first word employed in the Bible to describe this special creation of God that it is man. Adam is… Read more

  • my Lord will not right every wrong. He will judge everyone.

    “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done” Revelation 22:12 NAS95. I always have a hard time repeating what other people say no matter the authority they might represent. I have… Read more

  • learning to be content with my Lord’s provision.

    “But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment” (1 Timothy 6:6 NAS95). Of all spiritual virtues, contentment comes second in my ‘most needed list’ after humility. I have come to realize that one cannot possess true contentment without first being… Read more

  • i am my Lord’s advocate

    “For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me” (Psalm 69:9 NAS95). “My zeal has consumed me,Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words” (Psalm 119:139 NAS85). There has never been nor will it be a… Read more

  • defending my MASTER’s message

    “It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all” 1 Timothy 1:15 NAS95 As the Lord Jesus was exiting the Temple ground in the week of His Passion, prompted by… Read more

  • a good God in the face of suffering

    “How long, O LORD, will I call for help,And You will not hear?I cry out to You, “Violence!”Yet You do not save.Why do You make me see iniquity,And cause me to look on wickedness?Yes, destruction and violence are before me;Strife exists and contention arises.Therefore the… Read more

  • loss in christ

    The societies of the world have been bent on the gaining mentality for most of human history. At the end of the day, that is exactly what the serpent tempted our first mother with: stretch out your hand, disobey and your will gain Godlikeness. The… Read more