Posts with the tag “laurel-dhillon”

Here's a brief synopsis of the story of Jonah:The Lord told Jonah to "arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me." 91:2) Instead of obeyi...  Read More

There are times that I have given my forgiveness to someone and then at a later time something will come up that brings back the sting of that transgression and I remember it all over again.Throughout...  Read More

There was a day last week I let circumstances get the better of me. I was gearing up for a real “pity party.” I was verging on grumbling but knew I wasn’t having any joy in it. I finally threw up my h...  Read More

I had to read this Psalm over several times to finally realize how personal it was. My first thought was, “Oh Lord, thank you for your forgiveness, there are loved ones that I am so grateful for your ...  Read More

I love reading through Psalms. I feel like David just lays his life out there to the Lord. He shares his joys, he pours his heart out with his sorrows, he unloads his anger and he expresses his love. ...  Read More

As I have looked over the events of the last couple of years in my personal life and in our world I am struck more and more by the by the magnificence of the Lord’s power to move in the hearts of men....  Read More

This passage is from the portion of scripture when David had made a plan to build a temple for the Lord. But after David revealed his plans to Nathan the prophet, the Lord communicated through Nathan ...  Read More

The other day during a prayer time a friend reminded us of the words in Isaiah, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty. The whole earth is full of His glory." She encouraged me so much in her pray...  Read More

The older I get the more I realize my need for the Lord’s mercy, for myself, and for my loved ones. And… the more I am so very thankful for His mercy. In the passage after these verses, there is a lis...  Read More

Sometimes I just really need to know the Lord is with me and that He will speak to me. This week was one of those times. So when I read this as I began my week, I was comforted. But one of the stipula...  Read More

I think about all the work that the Lord would want us to do and it seems so much more than is possible. And yet here, the people had to be restrained because they had provided more than was needed. T...  Read More

I wonder how many miracles it takes to change our need for the familiar? Notice that it doesn’t say “if” they see war but “when?” It is so typical to want to revert to what is familiar when troubles c...  Read More

Today I was looking at the video that is posted online for people to receive information about AMERICA PRAYS. Pastor Kenton’s prefacing comments about one of the Biblical accounts of what the Lord did...  Read More

These 3 words, "Come and see," have such opposing emotions behind them…"Come and see what the Lord has done, His awesome deeds for mankind." Psalm 66:5Such joy that exudes from that exclamation of the...  Read More

I know there are several different reasons why we go through suffering. One because we are being reprimanded for our own sinful folly, one because Satan wants to turn us away from trusting God and ano...  Read More

I was a little surprised when I read these words. Paul’s personality seems so confident and assertive, especially when you think of his past life as Saul. I’m surprised that he needed people to pray f...  Read More

I am realizing the amazing work of the Holy Spirit these days and why Jesus said, “But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to ...  Read More

The words “one accord” are used at least 7 times in the first 9 chapters of the book of Acts (NKJV). I know because I circled them as I began reading in Acts this week They come from the Greek word h...  Read More

My dad was a lumber salesman. Every once in a while he would call in the middle of the afternoon and tell my mom he was bringing home a customer....  Read More

So many times in the last couple of weeks I have had to ask the Lord to forgive me for opening my mouth about something that I didn’t need to say, comment on or bring up. A friend of mine recently sha...  Read More

A little background: Numbers 6:14 describes the type of sacrificial offering the children of Israel were to bring to the Lord… “He shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb a year old with...  Read More

I can’t imagine going through life without the Lord. It saddens me to know that so many are putting their faith in things they create and or what they can buy, It can only provide momentary satisfacti...  Read More

As I was preparing for our Sunday Night Live Hymn Sing-Finding the Treasure the Lord reminded me of these faithful promises......  Read More

This week has been difficult for our family as we have watched our loved ones endure heartbreaking grief, patient endurance of illness and the rewarding joy of eternal salvation. We have experienced t...  Read More

I am in Proverbs now and I feel like every verse is a life lesson waiting to be learned! As I meditated on this verse I thought about Solomon who wrote the book of Proverbs and how he might have learn...  Read More

Sometimes it’s good to remind myself that the Lord is on my side. I know that the Lord is for me and not against me, and that God wants nothing but the best for me… but for some reason, when I say, “T...  Read More

Nehemiah prayed this to the Lord after King Artaxerxies allowed him to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild. While there he made reforms in the temple, he made reforms to re-establish the Sabbath, he made ...  Read More

I find it amazing that after the people of Israel had been taken captive to Babylon and the house of God burned, the walls broken down, the palaces burned and all its precious possessions, that it was...  Read More

This exhortation comes in a passage when David is charging his son Solomon with instruction on building the temple. Knowing that God had ordained Solomon to build the temple, like a good father David ...  Read More

Do they sound the same? This was the word of the LORD spoken to Solomon at two different times. The first was when Solomon became king of Israel and the LORD said to him "Ask!, What shall I give you?"...  Read More

Our reputations are so very important. They are our witness when our character, decisions and motives are in question. In this passage Abigail's husband, Nabal, had accused David's men of lying and ba...  Read More

As the children of Israel set up house in their new land they continued to be influenced by the people around them and gave into their own sin natures. Each time God would bring hardship on them, luri...  Read More

Several years ago someone close to me asked, "If I'm going to believe part of the Bible, I have to believe all of it, right?" It's such human nature to want to pick and choose what we believe in God's...  Read More

It's one thing to know you should be walking in the statutes and ordinances of the Lord, desiring to do them. But it is another thing to actually do it when it goes contrary to what you really want or...  Read More

As I was reading through Genesis I was really impacted by the life of Joseph. Through each stage of Joseph's life you can look at the events through a miopic lens, only seeing his life from one situat...  Read More

This is what the Lord said to Abraham when Abraham questioned, and Sarah laughed, after the Lord told him that he and Sarah (who were way past childbearing age) would have a son a year from then. It m...  Read More

I love how the Lord will meet us right where we are! This is where I am at in my daily reading of God's Word. Here the Lord reminded me to fulfill my ministry; what He has gifted me for. So, I want to...  Read More

As I have had the opportunity to hear the many ways God has been moving and speaking to others in our choir, along with Pastor Charles’s sermon this past Sunday, I am reminded of the certainty of Jesu...  Read More

It is such an honor that God gives each of us special giftings that help us function together as one. When we exercise our gifting in the proper way, recognizing and acting upon the verse that comes b...  Read More

I identify with Martha so much because I’m such a “doer.” During this time there’s so much to be doing and we are rightly concerned with wanting to care for people. But in “doing” I don’t want to get ...  Read More