"The Lord Does Indeed Know!"

"You ignorant people better learn quickly. You fools--when will you get some sense? The One Who made the ear, can’t He hear? The One Who formed the eye, can’t He see? The One Who disciplines nations, can’t He punish? The One Who teaches humans, doesn’t He know? The LORD does indeed know human thoughts, knows that they are nothing but a puff of air." Psalms‬ ‭94‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭CEB‬‬

"The Lord knows the people who belong to Him…" 2 Timothy 2:19b CEB

So, i begin again to acknowledge "YOU DO INDEED KNOW LORD!" 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

Faith is…

 “Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God Whose ways you cannot understand at the time. I don’t know why God allows what He does, but i will stick to my faith in His character no matter how contradictory things look.” -Oswald Chambers 

So, i begin again to recommit my faith in my God!

Pastor Kerry Willis  

Trusting My Trustworthy Lord -- Psalm 31

"[O Lord] i entrust my spirit into Your hand…" Psalm 31:5a NLT

"But i am trusting You, O Lord, saying, ‘You are my God!’ My future is in Your hands…" Psalm 31:14, 15a NLT

So, i begin again this day to continue to trust wholeheartedly in You, my trustworthy Lord. Amen.

Pastor Kerry Willis 

"Instead of Rehearsing Worst Case Scenrios…" [Trust!]

"Instead of rehearsing worst case scenarios without end, cast all your cares upon the Lord, remembering He is here, He knows, He cares, and He is trustworthy." -kww

"Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding." ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭AMP‬‬

So, i begin again to place trust in God totally over only imagining the worse. 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

"I AM THE LORD…" Isaiah 43:16-19

"I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick. "But forget all that-- it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭16‬-‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So, i begin again to consider How Great is Our LORD -- past, present, and future. With Him, the rest will be the best! 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

"The Dominating Concentration of Our Lives…"

"Get rightly related to God first, maintain that as the great care of your life, and NEVER put the concern of your care on other things. Jesus taught that a disciple has to make his/her relationship to God THE DOMINATING CONCENTRATION of his/her life and to be carefully careless about EVERYTHING ELSE IN COMPARISON TO THAT!" -Oswald Chambers 

"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" -Jesus, Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." -Jesus, ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭33‬ ‭KJV‬‬

So, i begin again to fasten my focus on my King and His Kingdom! Help me precious Holy Spirit to be in wholehearted harmony with the holy words of Jesus. Amen.

Pastor Kerry Willis 

A New Testament Verse Reminds Me of An Old Testament Verse

As i was saturating in a New Testament verse, i was suddenly reminded of an Old Testament verse: 

The New Testament verse:  “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same.” Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭35‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The Old Testament verse: “So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” Zechariah‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The conclusion i came to: Apart from the Almighty Spirit of Truth, our most passionate vows, our most sincere promises, and even our very best intentions are — at best — surely insufficient. 

i am grateful for the trustworthiness of this verse, my life-verse: “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.” Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So, i begin again to depend entirely upon the Holy Spirit within me.

Pastor Kerry Willis