Fighter Verses

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake! –Psalm 79:9 It’s helpful to take a few moments to read the first nine verses of Psalm 79—this passage gives us a description of the very distressful situation that precedes our […]

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” –John 10:10 In these very few, deft and defining words, the Lord Jesus describes a life with Him and one without. If we follow Jesus Christ as God and Savior, He becomes to us […]

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? –Romans 8:31-32 What, indeed, can be said about the gracious, […]

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. –1 Corinthians 15:58 Pardon a personal word here, but I absolutely LOVE this Fighter Verse! Who can read even the opening line without rejoicing in being called a “beloved […]

One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. [5For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of […]

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. –Psalm 139:9-10 King David takes up a poetic pen to answer the question he himself poses in verse 7 of Psalm 139, “Where shall […]

“We must obey God rather than men.” –Acts 5:29 If ever there was a more gripping conviction for the Christians of this generation to live by, I don’t know of it! “We MUST obey God rather than men.” It is a loud shout of allegiance to our Lord that has reverberated through 2,000 years time […]

…“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” –Matthew 22:37-39 These words send my heart soaring as no other words have done! […]

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. –Matthew 5:3-6 IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, GOD ONLY WISE Immortal, […]

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. –Romans 12:9-10 I am so excited (who isn’t) that SPRING is finally here! And I am also really excited about these dynamite, fast-fire instructions for living the Christian life […]

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. 12On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot. –Psalm 91:11-13 The walls of […]

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34For where your treasure […]

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. 2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.  –Psalm 125:1-2 When Bob and I moved to southern California, we were entranced by the endless differences from the Midwest where […]

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, [18praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end […]

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. 6He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. 7On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. [8Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out […]