Happiness comes in the Hunger (for God/Righteousness/being in right standing or relationship with Him and others).
Category: Faithfulness
TRUE HIS-Story
“I am an historian, I am not a Believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless Preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.” Historian AND Famous Sci-fi Writer, H. G. Wells (italics and bold added by me).
NEW God…
GOD is new every morning (and moment), just like His mercies are (toward us).
The Grief of Unbelief.
NO MORE ‘grief by unbelief’ prayers but, instead, ‘intercession confessions’ in faith…and praises to our All-powerful/knowing LORD God, Jesus Christ! “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” And “the just shall LIVE by faith” and, “without faith, it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God.”
a STRONG song
“LORD, I sing a new song: I have a Strong City; Salvation is appointed for walls and bulwarks (Isaiah 26:1).”
Courage…CONTINUES
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
Fast, Toward Home!
“Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God.” John Piper.
‘Fast’ POWER!
“God’s chosen fast changes the spiritual climate (in your life and world). Fasting, along (or coupled) with prayer (though fasting in and of itself can be a form of powerful, silent praying), can move you from being a cloud-watcher to (becoming) a rainmaker, from being reactive to proactive, from being a thermometer (in)to (becoming) a thermostat. Fasting can change everything! Pastor/Writer Ken Gurley, The Book on Prayer, pg. 280 (italics, words in parenthesis and exclamation point added by me, Denny Beckham, 4/11/25).
Right Makes Might (not vice-versa)!
“Being able to speak to a mountain and have it move means that you are in right standing with God.” Prayers that Release Heaven & Move Mountains, Book 2, pg. 52, by John Eckhardt
“Is There Not a CAUSE?”
OPERATION FIRM FOUNDATONS
I Samuel 2:8b,9a (MSG)
“For the very structures of earth are God’s;
he has laid out his operations on a firm foundation.
He protectively cares for his faithful friends, step by step…”
More Founding Truths/Scriptures:
“God’s Business is putting things Right; He loves getting the lines straight, setting us straight. Once we’re standing tall, we can look Him straight in the eye.” Psalm 11:7 (MSG)
“The LORD is our Rock.” Psalm 31:3; 89:26 (thru 37)
Isaiah 28:16; 42:11b; 51:3; 58:12; 60:18
“The LORD our Home.” Psalm 90:1(&2); 91:1,2,9,10
“And I will place the solitary in families…” Psalm 68:6
“I will bring you back Home…” Zephaniah 3:17-20
What’s important to God is beautiful to me. In other words, when I follow Jesus with all my heart, I am fulfilled (because I’m not ‘only’ pleasing God but I’m also doing what I was created and called to do!). Rhema rooted in the belief that God is Good…and looking out, ultimately, for ‘only’ my good; i.e., ‘Father (Abba) knows best’!
II Samuel 22:17-25 (MSG)
I Samuel 15:29 (KJV & MSG)
Yes, God hates sin because it separates us from Him. But also because it fosters condemnation AND causes us to become doubtful and (even) more selfish.
Ponderings of a Sojourner 