In Ephesians 1:18 Paul prays that that church would come to know, “…the hope of His calling.” This is only one part of his prayers for them. Considering the fact that the Biblical use of the word “hope” is easily missed by us today I’d like to talk a bit about what I believe the glories of the, “Hope of God’s calling” really are. I hope it’s a blessing to you.     There are many aspects we could ...  Read More

Christ Himself is spoken of as “The mystery” of God that’s now been revealed in Colossians 2:2.The following is an interesting prophecy from about 1405 B.C. It’s Numbers 24:16-17 and is the 4th prophecy of Balaam. In it he says,16 “The utterance of him who hears the words of God,And has the knowledge of the Most High,Who sees the vision of the Almighty,Who falls down, with eyes wide open:17 “I see...  Read More

I worship Jesus of Nazareth, the one the Bible calls the Christ. He is the One who Created me. I have met Him. He has changed my life, and I have forensically discovered how on each page of the Scriptures. It is He who fully revealed to a new church made up of both Jews and Gentiles that there is a triune God in the heavens. He is the only one who is God both by and of nature. He fully revealed th...  Read More

From the Puritan prayer book The Valley of Vision– Lord, High and Holy, Meek and Lowly,Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights;hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.Let me learn by paradoxthat the way down is the way up,that to be low is to be high,that the broken heart is the healed heart,that the contrite spirit is the rejoic...  Read More

The phrase, “Short and sweet” may apply to the shortest verse in the Bible which says that, “Jesus wept,” John 11:35. How sweet is it to read where the untouchable One was touched? It may also apply to another of the shortest which says, “Pray without ceasing,” 1 Thessalonians 5:17. This is simple instruction. It is a short and sweet exhortation in the middle of many other short and sweet exhortat...  Read More

If I ever lose my joy in the Lord I’m done for. Ultimately, since my joy is rooted in a life to come that’s been attained for me in Christ (1 Peter 1:4) I cannot actually lose it at all; all I can do is lose a proper perspective on it. In this life joy is fleeting; in heaven joy is not fleeting. The certainty of what’s to come is where my hopes must fully rest. This is a perfect sub-example of bui...  Read More