by Nate Stevens | Sep 15, 2018 | Encouragement
He heard the voice of One speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim. (Numbers 7:89) God’s voice of mercy calls to each individual person. During his forty-year wilderness trek with the Israelites,...
by Nate Stevens | Sep 5, 2018 | Encouragement, Eternity
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. (Psalm 19:1) I’m thankful for the color green. This realization surfaced while observing leafy trees of various hues highlighted against the sky’s azure blue. How boring and lacking in depth...
by Nate Stevens | Aug 20, 2018 | Encouragement
When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses, then… (Deuteronomy 19:1-2). When feeling frustrated and impatient with your current circumstances, it is comforting...
by Nate Stevens | Aug 10, 2018 | Encouragement
Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed. (Deuteronomy 7:20) I do not like bees, wasps, hornets, or any other stinging insect. When I was just a child, I recall my dad mowing a...
by Nate Stevens | Jul 24, 2018 | Encouragement
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1 / NIV) God’s secret place of refuge nestles safely in His shadow. To be in the shadow of something requires relatively close proximity. Granted, the earth casts a...
by Nate Stevens | Jul 6, 2018 | Encouragement
When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit. (Judges 8:4, NKJV) I’m exhausted. Or, as we say in the South, worn slap out. Have you ever felt that way? When life hurtles along just outside...
