Who’s the man behind the curtain?
And is he good, or is he bad?
Does he care about the people?
Or do the people make him mad?
Is he a man of just self-interest,
Who thinks now only of himself,
Who puts the needs of all the people
Neatly stacked upon a shelf?
Is he dishonest and malicious...
“A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight.
When pride comes, then comes dishonor,
But with the humble is wisdom.
The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
Riches do not profit in the day of...
The enemy attacks
in many different ways.
And some of his attacks
are meant for us to sway.
He targets the naïve,
For them, he can deceive.
But he stops not with them,
But those in Christ believe.
His goal is to confuse,
As well as to abuse
The followers of Christ,
And their words to misuse...
So Satan’s attacks
Are now his angry whacks
Which he presses on
Those from him been long gone
Thus he testifies
Against those who love God
Now tries to get them
To bow only to him.
He nags and he picks
And he picks up his sticks
He tries convince them
Message is not from him
He wants us...
Originally written and posted on July 4, 2024
Now the Lord had me do a video talk on this passage of Scripture today. And most of the video talks are unscripted, i.e. I don’t know what I am going to say until I am doing the video. I just trust the Lord to give me the words to say. So rarely...
Wicked Lips
Proverbs 17:4, 11, 20 ESV
4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
20 A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a...
Thursday, October 26, 2017, 6:11 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Broken and Contrite.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Timothy 3 (NASB).
Difficult Times (vv. 1-9)
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers...
Thursday, December 10, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “As the Deer.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Matthew 4:8-11 (NASB).
As the Deer / Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You…
You alone are...