Haven of truth:Anchored in His Word

Paul shares with us in I Corinthians 13 of the truth coming from love. The love he speaks of is not that of the love specifically shared as intended between a man and woman or the brotherly love, but most importantly the AGAPE; unconditional love of God as demonstrated through Jesus. As TRUE believers and always in the truth then we are of Christ, from Christ and as the old adage; “imitation is th...

Reading over the scriptures that are the walk Jesus had when He was here; it is a verbal display of the very thing we are reminded to walk in faith and not by sight. When Jesus had a group of disciples with Him immediately before His departure and when He did; some left, meaning that some walked away from His teaching and were not in “the way” any longer. They were good with Him there, but now He’...

Jesus is called the light of the world and if we are indeed true Christians, then we too must reflect that light. Remember that the word Christian means of Christ or from Christ; if that is in fact the case in our lives, then we must endeavor to present that light up on a candlestick and not under a bushel basket. What good is a light that is not used for its intended purpose. We are called to be...

I share with you confirming word of God that is over three hundred years old and in Him, time is irrelevant. God works in His time zone and not in ours. Stop trying to figure things out in our finite minds; as His ways, thoughts and love are more profound than we can even imagine.

A borrowed phrase from a book to be used in my class that I became enamored with; the “hereness” of God. I love his being here with me and He is. In the sometimes very early morning hours, before the rising of the sun, we spend time together. The Paracletos comes and guides me through the word and leads my sharing. It is His truth, His knowledge and His wisdom that I share with you. It is his busi...

The truths that God speaks should be near and dear to our hearts. Everything he declares is truth and contrary to what some declare as the Word of God being full of contradictions and contriteness, wherein the reality is that those are teaching that very thing. Jesus gave warning that there would be many that come to deceive and lead us astray. Listen for the voice of the good shepherd for he will...

The act of abiding with God must be in this day and age a practiced thing we do. However, there are manny that criticize or choose not to do so and yet, they do their Yoga and meditation that is “good”. Which leads me to a pondering of how that is alright, but meditating on our true and real God is somehow not okay. Hmmm. Throughout the Bible there are examples of those that practice being in the...

We are encouraged to study His word and seek His face daily; practice being in His presence continually. Though it’s not and easy thing to do and takes practice. In the turmoil and with all that goes on around us daily, indeed practice is what we need to do.. We get His peace and the tranquility that is experienced despite all that is going on is real. His peace and not the peace as is offered by...

Look around the world today and see the manifestation of the truth from the Word of God. Jesus teaches us and tells us about all that IS taking place what many have chosen to call the Olivette Dissertation. I question that term because a dissertation is actually a term given for the presentation of one being tested for the doctoral degree. Jesus was not being tested for a degree and came as the tr...

Walking in His truth and righteousness, called according to His purpose. Reflecting that which He has imparted to us. Though our paths may not be the same as our brothers and sisters, but as a true believer and a true Christian we are going the same way and though our paths my not converge, we are going the same way and our ultimate destination is the same and our purpose is the same. To share the...

As in the poem by Tennyson of the Charge of the Light Brigade and the ensuing deaths of six hundred because of the confusion. The charge was not the order to charge. We are given a charge, but we are also told to be prepared. Sometimes that means to wait. Jesus gave us The Great Commission, but we are reminded as He tells us in Luke to wait for the Holy Spirit and reminds us again in Acts and the...

I am His and He is mine. Hashem the Lord thy God knows your name. Our names are in His palms and not forgotten. Romans 8:28-32 is a reminder in our adoption letter; Deuteronomy 7: 6-9, Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 31:6-8, Luke 10:19,I Peter 2:9 all reminding us of who we are to God and who He is to us. I am His and He is mine.

Satan is always getting us to second guess who and what we are; to fall into the piteous slime pit of self degradation and self pity. Always about self. We are reminded in the Word of God that that is not who we are and as what we are we do not belong their. True believers, not the label heads or self proclaimed, but true believers; we are according to our adoption letter in Romans 8:17, heirs of...

Be cautious of pride as it is the entry to destruction and falling away. Uzziah was a good king until he allowed himself to become puffed up in his own strength and was cast away from his own people. Remember too that Nebuchadnezzar allowed his pride and self worth to rule. Psalm 119:18 David reminds us that the wonderful things come from the Lord. Psalm 130:5, he tells us again that our hope is i...

Throughout the Word of God we are reminded to have our minds set on Him. To have His words written in our minds and our hearts; to stay focused on Him and His ways, not our own nor those of them that declare themselves to be what they are not. Individuals that claim to be Christian, yet are not; being self proclaimed does not make it so. We find this example to be so true with the Sanhedrin and th...

Phileo adelphos is from the Greek meaning brotherly love. This is where we get the name of an eastern city in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: the city of brotherly love, as well as the name of the city that Jesus has John to write a letter to the Angel of that church. Too we read that it is the other of only two that Jesus did not rebuke or chastise for leaving the truth and as some had becoming compl...

As He is our Heavenly Father and he hears us all the time; think of the times that you have observed a small child speaking their first words and raising their arms up to momma or papa. The Hebrew word abba was taken from the Greek word papa. It is much more than calling out father, but inclining more of a term of endearment…God is my good, good father and he loves me so and I too love HIm. I call...

As with the church in Sardis; complacency had become and infection that grew as a cancerous tumor and the church was dying. In His letter from Jesus that John wrote to the church there and we find that in Revelation 3. A very short letter, but so relevant to churches today. Jesus warns a them of holding onto past reputations and not being watchful to the influence of false doctrinal teachings…He w...

We must remember to focus on Him, not only in our daily walk, but when we are in worship. Sacrifice time to Him for worship in private; and when in public we need to stay in focus on Him, not worrying about am I on key, do I look funny with my hands up? Important to note….He is a respecter of no man or woman about appearance, skin tone, clothing or shoes and cares nothing about cologne. The ONLY t...

I’m talking about Abba Yahweh and His validation; not that of man or mammon. Oh, they will try to get you to bend to their whim or follow their line of thinking, but truth is what matters. There is no coloring of truth, there is only truth or a lie. God reigns on high and my Lord Jesus, His only begotten son is the Lord of Lords, King of Kings and when he comes again; it will be as the Lion of Jud...

We must remember that though God has given us a gift in forethought, we cannot allow ourselves to get caught up in the preplanning of tomorrows. There are two places that are told us in the scriptures that are not ours and we don’t belong there; the past nor the future. The past is where satan wants us to go and be bound up sin regret and remorse which then, like the canker will grow into resentme...

This is not a bad thing and one should never allow themselves to feel guilty or allow those around us to impose that on us. Remember what Jesus told Martha. She CHOSE to be about the tumultuous activity and Mary CHOSE to hear the word of God. Revelation 2:4, Psalm 46 speaks to the many activities all around us daily, Luke 9:10 shares in Jesus attempting to have quiet time for the disciples set asi...

As in the letter that Jesus had John write to the Angel of the church in Smyrna, and is one of only two of the churches that Jesus did not have a negative thing to say; instead, reminding them that he knows of their tribulation and the troubling times they are dealing with. He reminded them of the reputation that he has which we read in Revelation 2:8…the first and the last, which was dead and is...

We ARE in a spiritual battle and there are many that declare their desire NOT to do anything because they’ve read the end of the book. Really?! Then you’ve chosen to just disregard what the rest of the Word of God tells us? We have the promised Word of God and the teachings of Jesus. Philippians 4 reminds us not to be anxious for anything, but too we are told in Ephesians 6 that we are in a Spirit...

Isaiah 60 is the prophet speaking and reminding the people that despite the darkness that covers the land and the extreme darkness that covers the people, look to the Lord, Hashem, the Lord thy God; He shall shine His glory upon you and it will be seen. His unending resources He will provide in abundance. All that we need, which may not be all we want, but He knows what is needed and He will open...