The Heart of the Matter

Joel 2:12 “Therefore also now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” A few years ago, my wife and I were ministering at a church in Connecticut. One day that week, I drove a few...

What Direction Are You Heading?

Hosea 12:6 “Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.” Have you ever tried to help someone who does not want any help? I have—and believe me, it’s a lost cause! Until a person acknowledges that they need...

Separation Is Not Always Good

Hosea 9:10  “I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they...

Not for Our Sake

Daniel 9:18 “O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.” One night...

The Silliness of Pride

Daniel 4:37 “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.” Several years ago, there was a TV preacher exposed for wrongdoing who...