No fretting
"Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb." (Psalms...
Dual action
"Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." "Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever." (Psalms 34:14; 37:27) October 31,...
Beholding the beauty
"O LORD, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells." (Psalm 26:8 ESV) "One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall...
The light by which we see
"For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light." (Psalm 36:9) October 13, 2024 Dear friends, This week we are very thankful for the...
The blessing of his intercession
"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Psalms 20:7) October 4, 2024 Dear friends, We in Blacksburg are...
When I awake
"As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness." (Psalms 17:15) September 28, 2024 Dear...
Arise, O Lord
"O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,...
We shall be like him
"Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see...
The Holy Spirit
"And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." (Genesis 1:2c) "The Spirit and the Bride say, 'Come.'” (Revelation 22:17a) September 9,...
No tampering
"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another...
Reading Revelation
"After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, ‘Come up here,...
On happiness
“Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do...
It so happened
"Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace in front of the king’s rooms,...
Living in tents
"For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." (2...
Misreading providence
"Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!" (Psalm 107:8) "...do you think that they were worse...
Afterwords -- his will
"Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." (Luke 22:42) "For I have come down from heaven, not to...
Afterwords -- no boasting
“'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.' So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours..." (1 Corinthians 3:20-21) June 14,...
Afterwords -- Transferred
"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."...
Afterwords -- workers
Photo by Tim Mossholder / Unsplash "Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give...
Afterwords -- the cost
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13) "...who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the...