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BREAD OF HEAVEN

The Lord taught  His disciples to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.”  It is true that this refers to our daily provision of food, but more importantly, I believe God was referring to His Word that He speaks daily to us.  Just as man cannot survive for long without natural food, neither can he survive spiritually without the Word of God.  Our natural life subsists on one kind of food, but our spiritual life subsists on another kind of food altogether.  Jesus told the devil during His temptation in the wilderness, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”  He also refers to Himself as the “Bread of Life” in John 6.  Therefore, this daily bread is the portion of Himself that He reveals to us through His Word to make us strong spiritually.  After all, Jesus is the Word made flesh.  Without a daily dose of the Word, we will grow weak and undernourished as Christians.   You see...
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THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS

Peter and John had had a good day.  As they were going to the temple to pray, they had encountered a man who was lame for 40 years sitting at the gate.  The man asked for a handout; but they gave him the gift of healing and salvation, and he went about walking and leaping.  Seeing what had happened, a great crowd gathered; and Peter, seizing the opportunity, preached to them about Jesus Christ.  Five thousand men believed and were converted to the faith.  It was a very good day!   Some of the religious leaders were grieved, however, that the Apostles taught the people about Jesus, and so they took them and cast them in prison.   The next day, they were brought before the rulers to answer for their actions.   When given the chance to speak, God anointed Peter again with words of salvation.   Scripture records, “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and the...
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BE STILL AND KNOW

It is impossible to determine for certain the occasion for which the 46 th Psalm was written.   Some commentators believe that it was written after God delivered King Jehoshaphat from a great army of Moabites and Ammonites.   Others believe that it was written during King Hezekiah’s reign when the Assyrians under King Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem.   This we do know: this Psalm was written to encourage Israel to trust in the LORD Jehovah during difficult and frightening times, and Israel certainly had an abundance of those!     It is said that Psalms 46 gave Martin Luther much comfort and encouragement during the times that he faced fierce opposition to his preaching and ministry.   It is said that it was one of the portions of scripture that inspired the words to his hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God .       The psalm opens with these words of comfort and encouragement: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in troubl...
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