by lighthouse | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Psalm 4:1 “Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.” God encourages each of us to talk to Him. He promises to listen, determine what is best for each of us, and bless us as His faithful children. I cannot imagine what will happen in Heaven when we, living in perfection, will have an understanding of His will and nothing but joy will be our lives.
by lighthouse | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Psalm 3:8 “From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.” For any of us to put our hope on anything earthly is to place hope on what will inevitably fail. Nothing on this earth endures forever. Our only hope is on our Savior alone. Trust, hope and joy are triplets which are guaranteed from our Savior.
by lighthouse | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Psalm 3:5 “I lie down and sleep; I wake up again, because the Lord sustains me.” Living in the loving arms of our God is the only way to live. Nothing can be more peaceful than having a close relationship with our Heavenly Father. Whether we are awake or asleep we rest in His loving arms. How wonderful it is to be His loving, adopted child.
by lighthouse | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Psalm 3:4 “I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain.” When David wrote these words things were seemingly not going peacefully great in his life. We can all relate. In good times and in not so good times we do well if we place out trust in Him. Our human nature will tell us — how can we be so naive. Our God nature will tell us exactly what David wrote. Sometimes it is very hard to listen to our God nature, but God is always truthful. When we reach our home in Heaven I am sure we will truly understand. Until then we simply believe. Have a great weekend.
by lighthouse | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Psalm 1:6 “For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.” To be an adopted and loved child of God or as this passage says–righteous–is beyond a wonderful blessing. Why wouldn’t everyone in the world want to be blessed like this? That is the question of the century. Have a great weekend.
by lighthouse | Jul 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Psalm 1:1p&2 “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked…but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.” There comes a time in all of our lives when we leave home and determine our own course in life. We determine then the kind of life we are going to live. Is God’s instruction going to dominate our life, is our own desire going to dominate our life or should we include God at times and our own desires at times? Probably, for most of us, we fall into category 3. Probably, for most of us, we need to change and be blessed in category 1.
by lighthouse | Jul 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
II Timothy 4:7-8 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” Life and all the blessings we receive during our lives are wonderful. When life comes to an end—and it will for all of us—what will our final thoughts be? Let’s all learn from Paul in his conversation with Timothy. He served his Savior and is about to receive the ultimate reward–his eternal crown to be enjoyed with his Savior. Let’s rejoice in earthly life and in eternal life.
by lighthouse | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
II Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.” Paul gave careful instructions to Timothy that you and I should take to heart also. Always be prepared–which you can only be by studying His Word diligently; when instructing or teaching be accurate, respectful and always helpful; and do all of this with a caring heart.
by lighthouse | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
II Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” You and I are created for a purpose. We are given individual and unique talents. How could either of us discover our talents and purpose if we ignore studying the Scriptures? Or is it possible God wrote the Bible because He had nothing else to do? That is far from the truth. The Bible is written so you and I can really live life and live it to the fullest. How can anyone accomplish that without knowing God and His thoughts? We want to learn all we can. Have a great weekend.
by lighthouse | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
II Timothy 3:12 “In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” Defending God’s truth will result in controversy. The seemingly simple topics of when life begins, the family and problem solving, what is important in this life, fame vs. humility, who is the only true God, and other similar topics are all addressed in the Bible. Why man insists on skewing the truth and defiling God is beyond foolishness. Defend your Savior always–no matter the cost.
by lighthouse | Jul 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
II Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” God’s instruction to all of us is to be diligent representatives of truth. Be bold in confessing to others His absolute truth. Study His Word so that we know what absolute truth is. How blessed we are to be loved and adopted children of God.
by lighthouse | Jul 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
II Timothy 2:3 “Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Wouldn’t you think that as a faithful follower of Jesus we would have a life of pleasure, comfort and enjoyment? We would if this life was Heaven, but it is far from Heaven. This world is full of corruption, earthly ruinous desire and those who are set on either denying Jesus or destroying those who are faithful to him. Why? The force of the devil is very strong. You and I, like soldiers are constantly involved in a battle. Our responsibility is to be strong, represent our Savior and spread His truth as we travel on our journey to live with our Savior forever.
