Posts by George Stiekes
God’s Faithfulness
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever: with my mouth will I make known Thy FAITHFULNESS to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever: Thy FAITHFULNESS shalt Thou establish in the very heavens (Psalm 89:1-2). The emphasis of Psalm 89 is the “Faithfulness of God.” No…
Read MoreThe Real Black Friday
Immediately following Thanksgiving day, our whole nation is thrust into the “C” word — Christmas. The stores are filled with people trying to buy the most expensive gifts at the cheapest prices of the year. We call it “Black Friday,” and it is a great memorial to materialism. The earliest evidence for Black Friday seems…
Read MorePraise His Name for Ever and Ever
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Psalm 145:2 The praise of God is normally linked with some historical act on God’s part. It is the response of God’s people to God’s Person and performance. One of the greatest historical acts ever was the creation of…
Read MoreNebuchadnezzar didn’t believe in God… at first
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. Daniel…
Read MoreLet’s Keep Our Eyes on Our Task
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? Acts 1:6 We so often get so busy with our agendas that we totally forget why we are here. Why is it God created us and then recreated us in Christ Jesus?…
Read MoreFaith in the Lion’s Den
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 ALL THINGS? We find it so easy to quote this verse but believing it and living it is not as easy, especially when you are in the lion’s…
Read MoreA Genuine Follower
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side. Matthew 8:18 It was difficult for Christ to get alone to spend some quality time with His disciples. Multitudes followed Him everywhere He went. Have you ever wished that multitudes would follow Him today as they did while…
Read MoreWhy Am I in the Wilderness?
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, through the…
Read MoreImportant Principles Relating to the Coronavirus
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors…
Read MoreOur Love For God
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might (Deuteronomy 6:5). Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind (Matthew 22:37). It is one thing to recite these words…
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