You heavens above, rain down righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness grow with it; I, the LORD, have created it. Isaiah 45:8 All right, so I’ve been soaked to the skin three times today. I ‘m still at the church and it’s 10:45 at night. It’s absolutely pouring outside (again) and I’ve got to get to my truck that is parked way out in the parking lot. My…
Psalm 47:6-8 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. The book of Revelation begins with an amazing scene- hundreds of millions of people, the redeemed of all creation encircling the throne of God singing “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and…
1 John 4:4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. In the damp spring of 1863 just outside Rome, Georgia, 450 Confederate cavalrymen under Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest were preparing to engage a federal force about three times their size. Forrest and his men had been skirmishing with northern troops led by Colonel Abel D. Streight for several weeks while in the…
Psalm 8:3 & 9 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him… O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Have you ever seen the stars? Now I’m not talking about the few stars you can see from the back deck of your suburban home where the stars compete with street lamps, headlights,…