“And that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and He will give you into our hand” (1 Samuel 17:47). Welcome back dear student, David said the above as he was running towards Goliath. Many people are fighting overwhelming battles with sicknesses, addictions, family problems, financial, or mental health issues. The list is endless, but the effects are the same. Fear, dread, exhaustion, emptiness, and confusion.

“The Lord's Justice will dwell in the desert; His Righteousness lives in the fertile field. The fruit of that Righteousness will be Peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.” (Isaiah 32:16-18 NIV). Welcome back dear student, the effect of God’s Justice and Righteousness reigning is serenity, resulting in Peace, quietness, confidence, and safety for His people (Ps

“But Ruth replied… ‘don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” (Ruth 1:16-17). Welcome back dear student, last week our Scripture from Psalms 40 rejoiced on how God rescues us from the mire of despair and sets us on a new pat

“I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord” (Psalms 40:1-3) Welcome back dear student these powerful verses show the Lord taking action on behalf of those stuck in trouble - the heart of our Good Shepherd. Psalms 23 illustr