"Men prepare a meal for enjoyment" (Eccl. 10:19 NASB). One day I counted up how many times it is recorded in the Bible that Jesus sat down at a table and had a meal with people. As best as I can remember, it was something like fourteen times that scripture records...

"You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north" (Deut. 2:3 NASB). Have you ever felt that you were going around in circles really getting nowhere? How would you feel discovering that you were leading two million people in forty laps around the same...

"They…consulted against thy hidden ones" (Ps. 83:3). The hidden ones (in our times) are believers who make up the bride of Christ. This verse refers to more than concealment. It has to do with watchful care and protection. This word hidden in the original Hebrew is...

"My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him" (Heb. 12:5 NKJ). The word chastening has a lot more going for it than we see at first glance. It is an educational word that describes the Christian discipline and...

"For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged" (1 Cor. 11:31 NKJ). This verse encourages a self-examination and self-discipline that can prove very beneficial. The whole world system is centered on self-indulgence and self-gratification. The Christian is...

"But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils" (Luke 11:22 NKJ). In this verse Jesus describes the god of this world who guards his palace and keeps his realm in...

"Only do not...fear the people of the land...; their protection has departed from them" (Num. 14:9 NKJ). In this passage, Joshua and Caleb are exhorting the children of Israel to have confidence enough to go into the Promised Land and possess their inheritance....

"Filled with the Holy Spirit, they spoke the Word of God with boldness" (Acts 4:31 NKJ). Boldness is one of the Apostle Paul's favorite words. In Greek it is parrhesia (par-rhay-see'-ah) which is defined as "freedom of speech, unreserved utterance, an all...

"If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture" (John 10:9 NKJ). Go in and go out! What a beautiful balance between being a true worshipper and a faithful witness. As the children of God, we go in to be with the Lord, to worship...

"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich" (Rev. 3:18 NKJ). Laodicea was an unusually privileged town. The tax base was so strong and dependable there that the Roman emperor had exempted the city from a decree he had issued...

"From the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth" (Ps. 110:3 NKJ). After the world sleeps through its long night of darkness, an unusual phenomenon occurs with the coming of the dawn. As the sun prepares to rise and light up the dark sleeping world,...

"In the beauties of holiness..." (Ps. 110:3b NKJ). Before we accepted the Lord and became believers, sin had left us deformed and lacking in any spiritual beauty. When we invited Jesus into our hearts and lives, He came in bringing a total transformation. We are...