Baggage Claim

Baggage Claim

What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 1 Corinthians 2:12. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with...
Shepherd, Father, and LORD

Shepherd, Father, and LORD

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. Ezekiel 34:11-12. I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep...
El Shaddai

El Shaddai

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless.  I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Genesis 17:1. Then Jacob said to Joseph:...
The gift of Righteousness

The gift of Righteousness

Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:6. Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is...
Prayer

Prayer

Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17. First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on...
Fleeced

Fleeced

Like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth. Isaiah 53:7 Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken, behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece...