“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for You, O God.” Psalm 42:1 (ESV) The Longing of Life – His Invitation “Heaven is endless longing, accompanied with an endless fruition– a longing which is blessedness, a longing which is life.” Alexander MacLaren (continued from Part One) Using the sailboat illustration again, the…

“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for You, O God.” Psalm 42:1 (ESV) Throughout the history of God with His own, we touch the passion and eternal longing for something that transcends our understanding. The “panting” within David’s heart found a corresponding cry in God’s creation. He did not know…

WHAT IS TRUTH? “What is truth?” JOHN 18:38 This is such a profound and penetrating question stemming from the brief encounter of a Roman governor of Judea with Jesus the Christ. Pilate’s question, though in most respects more rhetorical than honest, still echoes the eternal cry within man, “What is Truth?” His question was in…

Overcoming – Faith and the New Birth “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 It is only by virtue of the new birth that faith is imparted to men and women to “see” the Kingdom of God. Faith is how we see spiritual…

       “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Spiritual poverty is the result of an apathetic heart and a spiritual blindness as expressed by the Laodicean spirit that declares, “I have need of nothing”. Those who need nothing have nothing spiritual to impart to others.…

“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Matthew 7:14 The strait gate and the narrow way that leads us into life in Jesus, in His own words, is found by few. To find a thing implies that there was effort spent in…

                               The Visitations of God                “Thou hast granted me life and favour,            and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit”                    …

                         “I know thy works:        behold, I have set before thee an open door,                    and no man can shut it…”                        …

  “A bruised reed shall He not break…” Isaiah 42:3 God’s heart is ever seeking and desiring to fill the low places within all of humanity. His grace, like water, naturally flows to the lowest place, filling the void of the human heart. It is to the bruised ones that the Good News of the…

Thought for Today Light in the Darkness                                                         “Unto the upright                                  …