“Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, ‘Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.’ And Jesus said to him,  ‘I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, ‘Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” (Matthew 8:5-9 NKJV ..read more

“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” (2 Corinthians 2:12-14, NKJV)    In Roman times when Paul wrote his epistles, it was a Roman custom to hold a victory parade after every major victory of one of its armies over an enemy such as  Carthage, or Greece, or Gaul. The parade would be led by priests burning incense, followed by the victorious general in a golden chario ..read more

    “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.” (James 5:16-18 NKJV)    “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” (Joh ..read more

    “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, Who is this that darkens counsel By words without meaning? Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, Who set its measurements since you know? Or stretched the line on it? ” (Job 38:1-5)     If you have read the book of Job you know that these verses start God’s magnificent reply to Job after he had been complaining to God about the terrible calamities that had happe ..read more

      “When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.” (Psalm 63:-8 NKJV)     David, the writer of this Psalm, gives an awesome explanation of the benefits of meditating upon God and His Word, the Bible. He is lying on his bed and meditating throughout the night. He remembers that it is God who has been with Him through the previous day and he can rest under the wings of his loving Father and Lo ..read more

“Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called his disciples to Himself and from them He chose twelve whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Phillip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot; Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became His traitor.” (Luke 6:12-16, NKJV)    Do you have any important decisions you need to make right now? Do you think you m ..read more

And David said with longing, ‘Oh that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!’” (2 Samuel 23:15, NKJV)     We are not told in the Scriptures exactly when this event took place during David’s time as the King of Israel, but it does tell us that He and his army had come down from the stronghold of Abdullam and that a troop of Philistines had a garrison in Bethlehem (his home town). As he looked down from the high ground nearby he made this statement of desire out loud and the men around him heard it. Perhaps you have made sta ..read more

     “And the LORD called to Samuel again the third time. So he arose and went to Eli, and said, ‘Here I am, for you did call me.’ Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, ‘Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ‘Speak LORD, for Your servant hears. ‘So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ And Samuel answered, Speak, for Your servant hears.’”(1 Samuel 3:8-10)    In the Scripture above we have a part of the story o ..read more

        “LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. (Psalm 15:1-2)     "but He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'" (1 Peter 1;15-16)      Have you ever had a problem with the fact that we are all called to be holy? It doesn’t mean that we are sinless because we never will be. It does mean that we have been set apart by God because we have accepted Jesus as o ..read more

“Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings.” (Psalms 17:8) Several times in Scripture we read the term “apple of Your eye,” but what does that mean? It means that God has a special place in His heart for His children. Just as an earthly father or mother looks after the needs of their children, so much more, does our God look after all the needs of His children. He cares about the little things and the big things as well.     A few years back my wife Miriam was going through a period of  time where she didn’t feel as close to God as she ..read more