When the apostles first began preaching the word, they were under severe persecution. By Acts 8:3-4, Stephen had just been stoned and Saul was making havoc of the church. Nevertheless, they kept preaching and spreading the gospel. We should follow the pattern of the early church. Notice, from whom Saul...
In 1 Sam 12:23, Samuel said to the people of Israel, “God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you”. Today, we’re going to discuss why Samuel prayed for them. In this chapter, Samuel is essentially resigning as judge of Israel, since they...
In Ps 23:5 David said, “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies”. Imagine the scene. David is seated at a table that the Lord has prepared for him. Nearby are his enemies. There are three things in this passage that are beneficial for us and...
Prov 18:9 says, “He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster”. How many of you like to work with lazy (slothful) people? I can’t stand it. I loved working together with the crew that went to the Navajo nation and worked...
Dr Ruckman said of 1 Chr 28:9-10, “These are two of the greatest verses in the Bible”. They show you what to do with your life. I have lived long enough to now know that what David told Solomon in these two verses is absolutely true. There is nothing more...
In Ps 23:4, David wrote, “thy rod and thy staff they comfort me”. The rod and the staff are the only two instruments a shepherd carried with him when he was with his flock. The shepherd usually carved his rod out of a sapling tree. He carved the heavier,...
In life, you must be still, you must sit still, and you must stand still, in times of agitation, uncertainty, and adversity. Be still – Ps 46:10; to be still is to be quiet, calm, not agitated. In life, trouble will come, and your world will be turned upside down. ...
According to Jn 10:2, Jesus is the “shepherd of the sheep”. When you trust Jesus Christ to save you he is your shepherd and you are his sheep. Therefore, you can say, like David said in Ps 23:1, “the Lord is my shepherd”. And you can know, like David, “He...
Rom 10:17 says, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”. This verse states clearly that we can hear the word of God. Paul is referring to the literal words of God. This King James Bible that we have is the word of God and...
In Psalm 23:3 David wrote, “He restoreth my soul”. To restore is to put back into former state. When I consider this portion of verse 3, I observe that: The Lord is the great restorer. David wrote, “The Lord is my shepherd”. “He” restoreth my soul. Everything in this world...
