Truth Compendium

Showering with a "Ducha" This morning I was reading Hebrews 11:13-16. It says:   All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country— a heavenly one . Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. Having just returned from a trip to Honduras, I could relate to being a “foreigner and a stranger.” I also will admit that by the end of the week, I was ready to return to my home country. But as I pondered the passage it didn’t take long for me to realize that as a believer I really wasn’t home yet. Later, as I wound the old kitchen clock that...

Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord. Psalm 91 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” 3 For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. 5 You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day; 6 Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. 7 A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you. 8 You will only look on with your eyes And see the recompense of the wicked. 9 For you have made the Lord, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. 10 No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. 11 Fo...