Author Archives: stevemidkiff

For we walk by faith, We don’t walk by sight 2 Cor 5:7 So how do we pull that off? We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things … Continue reading →

“Trouble excites prayer, prayer brings deliverance, deliverance produces praise” John Newton We love You God You listen to us You listens as we beg for mercy. You listens so intently as we lay out our case to You. Death stares … Continue reading →

“Every man at the beginning sets out good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but You have kept the good wine until now.” John 2: 10. Are our pleasures of this life past Was … Continue reading →

The word for “refuge” in the Psalms Is sometimes rendered “a high tower.” Phillips notes David was no stranger to trouble. He had spent most of his youth and early manhood hiding in the hills, forests, wastelands, He even hid … Continue reading →

He came walking, not running, not riding on the wings of the wind, but walking deliberately, as one slow to anger, teaching us, when we are ever much provoked, teaching not to be hot nor hasty, but to speak kindly … Continue reading →

By shrinking we’re gaining, by losing ourself we’re gaining Himself “He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me; because He delighted in me.” Psa. 18:19 AND what is this “large place”? What can it be but … Continue reading →

Pain can hit in on us Pain approaches us On a number of plains. You isolate and focus in one area, trying to tackle a solution, and a new area or multiple arenas of trauma and stress clobber our peace. … Continue reading →

Consider it a sheer gift of joy, when tests and challenges come at us from all sides. We know that under pressure, our faith-life is forced into the open And shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out … Continue reading →

We see Jesus on the Cross! How can this be our deliverer? We hear the promises to Joseph and his dreams But than Joseph is falsely accused and bound in chains in a prison in Egypt! We read of Paul’s … Continue reading →

Consider it a sheer gift of joy, when tests and challenges come at us from all sides. We know that under pressure, our faith-life is forced into the open And shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out … Continue reading →