Revelation 1:9-10, ESV I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet Patmos. Desolate, small, and uninhabited—except for guards and other prisoners. It was hard. It was hot. It was lonely. And John was there through no fault of his o

John 8:44b, ESV …[the devil] does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. I just felt like someone needed to be reminded of this today. Maybe you’re in a mental battle against our unseen foe and need to be reminded of this truth—Satan is a liar. It’s a truth of scripture just as true as everything else in God’s Word. Much of our battle as Christians is won or lost in

Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Sometimes we don’t know what we’re leaning on until it’s kicked out from under us. Our understanding. A person. Money. Comfortability. Health. Position. And on and on and on. And sometimes we don’t know what we’re leaning on until God asks us to give it up—like the rich young man we talked about last week. So,

Mark 10:17, 21-22, ESV 17And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” … 21And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Most of us find it at least somewh

Deuteronomy 8:4, NIV Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Deuteronomy 29:5, NIV Yet the LORD says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet. God did plenty of big, extravagant, extremely visible miracles when He brought His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. He sent the plagues and parted the sea. He brought water from a rock and f

Exodus 16:31, NIV The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. Deuteronomy 8:7-9, NIV For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are ir