Author: WhitneyD

Our Guide and Defender

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them,

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We Are His

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. – Psalm 100:3 We agree that we are the sheep of His pasture when we remain submitted to His care. As He tells us to stay

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He Restores My Soul

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. – Psalm 23:1-3 If I stay in once place or if I travel alone, and not follow God’s commands, my attempts to sustain myself will never be

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Return to the Shepherd

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. – 1 Peter 2:25 The moment we turn from Jesus, we run toward death. Distraction, detours, and decay are suddenly everywhere. Our enemy does not care about the condition of our souls; he

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Good Shepherd

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me. – John 10:11,14 Jesus is the one and only Son of God who laid down His life for the sake of our

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All Things New

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said,

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Only One God

Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.” – Isaiah 44:6 There is only one God who loves us enough to sacrifice His one and only Son to save the

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From Everlasting to Everlasting

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. – Psalm 90:2 Before our planet became Earth, it did not resemble Earth at all. But Jesus was already God. Before God separated light from darkness, our planet was “formless

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The Image of the Invisible God

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. – Colossians 1:15;17 Jesus is not made in the image of the invisible God, He is the image of the invisible God. This distinction sets Him

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Alpha and Omega

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” – Revelation 1:8 Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. Jesus is the beginning and the end. The length of His

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