sovereignty

In all my years of experience with people (generally speaking), the BIGGEST problem most people have with the God described within the Bible, including many professing believers, is God's Sovereignty. Most of the world wants a god (or gods) who are under THEIR control, and that's the case with...

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 5:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Near the Cross.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Colossians 1:15-29 (ESV). He is Preeminent (vv. 15-20) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were...

Friday, April 15, 2016, 3:44 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “Wait!” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 17:16-34 (ESV). Summary (Acts 17:1-15) Sometimes our enemies can be so great that they are not content with merely removing us from their sight, but they will hotly...

The Lord knows us because he made us. He knit us together in the wombs of our mothers. That means we were born into the families into which we were born, not by mistake, and not by coincidence, nor by an act of nature, but by divine appointment and the will of God. He purposed that we should...