“For the Lamb…will lead them to springs of living water.” (Revelation 7:17) Fanny Crosby wrote over 8,000 hymns during her lifetime, many of which still appear in today’s hymnals. Hymns like “Blessed Assurance”, “All the Way My Savior Leads Me”, “To God Be the Glory”, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior”, “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”, “He Hideth My Soul”, and “Praise Him, Praise Him” continue to draw souls to God for both salvation and comfort. No hymn writer has ever had a clearer vision of Jesus […]

“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.” (Romans 6:17) I understand exactly what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, “You used to be slaves to sin”. However, I didn’t understand it until I was born again. Salvation gave me a whole different perspective about the life I used to live. The truth is I can’t believe some of the things I did, not to mention some of the […]

“Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait til the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts.” (I Corinthians 4:5) Several years ago, I attended a funeral at my church where the pastor’s message for the family came from the 19th Chapter of Job. Job is normally not a book of the Bible on which pastors rely for words of comfort to a grieving family. In fact, my pastor readily admitted that Job was not […]

“Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. And He said, ‘Let Me go, for the day breaks’.” (Genesis 32:24-26) It was a close encounter of the God kind and one of the most unusual stories told in Scripture. To many, it raises more questions than it […]