FROM THE KEYBOARD

The applause of hands doesn't change the humble of heart. In other words, those whose hearts are real before the Lord are not persuaded by the appeal of the world. "Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord"" (Jeremiah 17:5).

There is a time to hold your tongue and there is a time when your tongue holds you. And to know which time is which is to know the different weights between the two. The one weight is when the Spirit presses you to wait. The other weight is when the Spirit presses you to speak. "There is a time to be silent and a time to speak" (Ecclesiastes 3:7).

Being in right standing with God leads to standing right for God. And those that stand right for Christ are not trying to make earth heaven but bring heaven to earth. "You are the salt of the earth..." (Jesus).

God often removes what is unhealthy in order to groom and grow His body. Like pruning reveals, the process may be painful but it is fruitful. “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit" (John 15:1-2).

Amid judgment, there is always a faithful remnant. And the faithful remnant is always obedient to the Bible regardless of their surrounding environment being hostile. "Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus" (Revelation 14:12)

Those who do not want the God of the Bible will be given over to the gods of Babel. And unlike the forgiveness of the One True God, these false gods are unforgiving. "And it will be when you say, ‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you...