Death, where is your sting
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be? No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. All this I observed while applying […]
God is Almighty
Pastor Jim Fikkert
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as […]
Pastoral Prayer 4.5.2020
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Thank you for your unchanging nature and character. Thank you that you are merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, that you forgive iniquity and transgression and sin, and that you are just. Please use this discomfort and lack of felt control to teach people about yourself and your nature. But […]
God is Holy
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble!He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!The LORD is great in Zion;he is exalted over all the peoples.Let them praise your great and awesome name!Holy is he!The King in his might loves justice.You have established equity;you have executed justiceand righteousness in Jacob.Exalt the LORD our God;worship […]
God is Three Persons
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing […]
God Knows All Things
Pastor Jim Fikkert
O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know […]
God is Everywhere
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In […]
Keep talking to yourself
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you. | Psalm 42:5–6a Yesterday, I wrote a post on lament. I was thinking about […]
God is One God
Pastor Jim Fikkert
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall […]
Where are you, O God?
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever! Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground. Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of […]
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