Writing on our hearts . . .

“ in the beginning, God …” (Genesis 1:1, NIV) God is The singular reality. God alone began and sustains all existence. He is forever the great “I am.” He is all of history’s “unmoved mover.” Any understanding of reality not rooted in our personal Creator is fundamentally in error. Trusting in one’s own mental reasoning and the reliability of sensing and understanding the outside world necessarily assumes a reliable and rational Creator. In short, in order to trust in and use our very minds, we must believe in and trust in our Creator and therefore acknowledge our place as created beings. The source of truth and of life does not begin with us or with any of our predecessors. Just as the daylight for which we daily depend radiates from the sun, so does life and truth radiate from God, its singular source. The only means for vision is light. The only means for understanding reality is God’s very revelation to us in His Word. Any other source of illumination ...

To some, God may seem like a lofty and abstract concept, but He is far nearer to us than we can fathom. “ For in Him we live and move and have our being .” (Acts 17:28a, NIV)  The Psalmist contemplates: “ You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you,  Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain... “ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,  I know that full well My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all th...

Moment by moment life presents to us a choice in perspectives. We can keep our eyes directed downward, looking at other created things for help and understanding or we can choose to lift our eyes to our Creator. A photo magnified one hundred times makes the subject look entirely different and leaves out significant information about the entire scene. Drawing conclusions from such an image without the entire picture would be foolish and in error. In a similar way, the perspective we have with our eyes directed downward towards our temporal circumstances inevitably wrongly interprets God and reality. However, with eyes lifted to our Creator we can rightly interpret our circumstances in the light of His truth. As the Psalmist says “ I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. ” (Psalm 121:1-2, NIV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We can view one of the most beautiful perspectives in ...

Without knowledge of the spiritual truth of God’s word and His promises, many wander in darkness and despair. The memory verses for this project are intended to shine like rays of light into our lives, giving us hope and life everlasting.   As Isaiah prophesized regarding the ultimate revelation of God’s Word in Jesus Christ:  “ The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned .” (Isaiah 9:2, NIV) Our natural and chosen state is darkness, which is separation from God. This is because we have all sinned and rebelled against God’s moral standard. “ For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ” (Romans 3:23, NIV)   Sin leads to death as Paul states in Romans 6:23: “ for the wages of sin is death …” (NIV) Isaiah the prophet declared: " but your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. " (Isaiah 59:2, NIV) However, ...