Author: Eric Raby

“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8 NLT) “No, I discipline my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.” (1 Corinthians 9:27 BSB) “Casting… Continue reading

“…Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5 NKJV) “…I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on…” (Philippians 3:13b-14a NLT) “It is God’s privelege to conceal things and the king’s privelege to discover them.” (Proverbs 25:2 NLT) They… Continue reading

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 BSB) “But forget all that-it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.”(Isaiah 43:18 NLT) “Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” (Proverbs 3:6 NLT) The last “piece”… Continue reading

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13 BSB) “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1 NKJV) “For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated… Continue reading

Here is a “divine tension” exposed in Scripture… …Angels announcement of the birth of Christ:“Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” (Luke 2:14) …Jesus speaking to his disciples:“Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but… Continue reading

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘be removed and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” (Mark 11:23 NKJV) “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” (Proverbs… Continue reading

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV) “Death and life are in the power of the… Continue reading

“Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalm 103:5 NKJV) “But those who wait for the LORD [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] Will gain new strength, and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like… Continue reading

“Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, ‘Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?’ ‘No Lord,’ she said. And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” (John 8:11 NLT) “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love… Continue reading

“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Through these he has given us His precious and magnificant promisises, so that through them we may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped… Continue reading