My Help Cometh From the Lord
“The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.†(Psalm 34:7) Could I have had an encounter with an angel? I often think of my experience, especially at Christmas time… On December 14, 1976, my husband, Ralph, died after by-pass surgery in Memphis, Tennessee. After making arrangements for his body to be shipped to Flint, Michigan, I returned to our Southeast Missouri home to pick up my...
Sights & Sounds, Eyes & Ears
Are you aware of God’s goodness to you? Every day of our lives we use and enjoy the most amazing abilities – God has given them to us – to see and to hear! What an incredible blessing. We are able to observe things created and things that are happening around us. If we are able to see and hear we are blessed beyond description. But let us briefly consider the New Testament Scripture. “I have seen, I have seen the...
Do we all pray to the same God?
On a radio program the other day, I heard something that got my attention. They said, “we all pray to the same God.” It is true according to Deuteronomy 6:4 (“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD”) that there is only one God. So, the question is, “who is this one God and what is His name?” Isaiah said, “Â . . . a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name...
Transformation
It was just another day in the neighborhood. A corrupt neighborhood – filled with dubious motives, hatred, politics and religious deviance. The city’s ministers, it seemed, were mostly self-serving and prided themselves in inflicting guilt on their saints with their powerful demands. There was also the working class. They married, and raised children with hopes and dreams. Most people were poor and lived in the lower city,...
The Oil for Light
“And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.†Exodus 27:20 KJV In reading this evening, I found myself intrigued with the scripture above. It seemed curious to me that there was a specific designation for the oil that was “beaten†for the light. In study, I found that this was not the oil which was pressed out of the olive, but it...
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