Posts

Showing posts with the label Word of God

Armor of God

Image
"Gramps, do you know where in the Bible it talks about putting on the armor of God?" I was fixing a cup of coffee when the question was asked.  My nine year old grandson had hung up his bookbag, left papers for his mom on the counter, and jumped right into the issue of the moment. "I think it's in Ephesians, chapter ten,” he continues. “I looked and I couldn't find it.  I Looked in Thessalonians, both of them.  Neither of them have ten chapters." I pulled out my phone.  The instant encyclopedia that fits neatly in our pockets.  To be honest, I was thinking Timothy, but my mind had jumped to fighting the good fight, not the armor. "We talked about it in CCD," he adds. "I was thinking I might be able to write a poem." "Ephesians, chapter six, verses ten to eighteen," I say, looking at my phone and knowing I'm not as wise as he thinks. He runs into the dining room.  That's his way, always moving quickly, sometimes with reck...

Your Words

Image
 When I found your words, I devoured them.   Jeremiah 15:16 If I could never read another word, let Your words be those that fill me. If I could never contemplate another syllable let love be the last to touch my lips. I sing the sonnets of Your heart and You bless me with abundant joy. Your words. Your promise. Your fulfilment. My joy. Let them mock me because I choose to brand my soul with Your thoughts. Make me deaf to the world's slander. Make me blind to it's sin. I want only to sit in peacefulness, Your open book on my lap, Your words in my heart. copyright 2024 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author

Fooling Ourselves

Image
I tire of watered down scripture, preached from pulpits reducing the word of God, lessening the impact of disobedience. Yesterday what was sinful is now blessed, what was detested in God's sight is now celebrated. God's word, the road-map for my life is twisted by the faithful and unbelievers. Jesus never said that following Him would be easy. There is much we need to leave behind before entering the Kingdom. If we claim we want to follow the Lord and place our sins in our pockets, disguising them as acceptable, are we only fooling ourselves? copyright 2017 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author

Speak His Name

Image
Speak His name. Call out from the summit of every height, the name above all names. Tell them all that He is the Word of God, He is the bread, the light. He is the one who spits in clay and gives you sight. Speak His name, where His name is ridiculed. In every dark corner abandoned by hope, utter His praise. copyright 2017 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author