Can You Help With Marriage Issues?

Here’s another question that came from me via email. Please add your suggests as well.   Question: Hi and praise the Lord, do you offer spiritual guidance on marriage issues? Answer: I try to answer questions I can about marriage issues. If it’s in the Bible I can point it out. There are other great resources I can recommend to people. I did one post here: http://revtrev.com/questions-and-answers/is-there-hope-for-my-marriage/ It’s more of a “big picture” concept. Ministries I can recommend are Mark [...] Read more »

Praise and Joy Strengthens Us In The Lord

The Bible promises: Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” Psalm 50:14-15 (New Living Translation) Praise defeats the enemy. It’s something anyone can do. Children are even powerful when they choose to praise: From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the [...] Read more »

16 Ways I Can Fear the Lord

16 Ways I’ve Found to Fear the Lord How can I fear the Lord? Fearing the Lord is not walking around being afraid you’re going to give account of all your past sins at the end of your days. You will do this if you haven’t asked  Him to forgive you in this life. But if you are washed, sanctified, and justified – which you are when you have Jesus as Lord of your life (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)- you’re only [...] Read more »

Praise is a Choice – Day 34

Truth: After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.” 2 Chronicles 20:18 (NIV) Thought: When we face discouragement, many times the discouragement comes in the form of worry.  So here are some quick steps to help you worry less and strengthen yourself in the Lord: [...] Read more »

Hope Strengthens Itself in the Lord Through Praise

The Bible promises: Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” Psalm 50:14-15 (New Living Translation) And Nehemiah pointed out: Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of [...] Read more »

The Forgiving and Forgetting Fallacy

If you truly forgive, shouldn’t you forget? Don’t you love it when people quote adages like they’re Scripture? “Forgive and forget” has done so much damage to people’s understanding of God and their relationship with others. Do you realize God does not forget the sins He forgives us of? How could He and still be an all-knowing God? Instead He chooses to not remember and hold them against us. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins [...] Read more »