God give us Great and Final Victory!!

King David and his mighty men celebrate victory.




With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

[God can out give anyone when it comes to mercy, and God can out sly anyone when it comes to slyness. You can out do God for the good, and you can't outrun God in your mischief.]

For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks. For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.

[Nothing can stop you in your battles when walk humbly before the Lord.]

As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

[God is perfect in all of His ways and His word is proven and sure. He is a shield to all who trust in Him, and He will teach you what you need to know about winning the battles of life.]

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

[God will be your deliverer and salvation. God will hold you up when you need a lift and when you feel like you just can't go on.]

I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed. I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet. For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

[Our part is to pursue and fight the fight until the enemy is vanquished. God's part is to do what it takes to win the victory.]

(Psalms 18:25-39)

Praise God for the promise of victory, and for strength to fight the battle until our adversaries rise no more.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

God preserves a remnant for His name

God's visitation program is a showing up in judgment, and God visited Israel and Judah with His judgment. But the Lord is zealous to preserve a remnant for His name that was faithful to Him.

And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
(Isaiah 37:31-32)

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay. So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. "The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," Says the LORD. "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore."
(Isaiah 59:14-21)

Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
(Isaiah 63:15)

Your holy people have possessed it but a little while; Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
(Isaiah 63:18)

Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence—
(Isaiah 64:1)

Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste. Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
(Isaiah 64:10-12)

Thus says the LORD: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,' So will I do for My servants' sake, That I may not destroy them all. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
(Isaiah 65:8-9)

You can go to abideinhisword.com to listen to my morning radio teachings on Revelation where we talk about God's coming wrath and coming glory.

We are either part of the problem or part of the solution. We are either part of the shame, or part of the glory. Which are you? Are you one of the zealous remnant of God that in the midst of apathy and worldliness lifts up the standard for Jesus and His way?

Come visit Egypt tonight at our Calvary Chapel Space Coast Titusville campus and see our zeal for God. Catch the Fire!

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD!

A mighty warrior named Jehu was being used of the Lord to take down the power that King Ahab and Queen Jezebel's royal house had gained over all Israel and Judah. Their sons and son-in-laws reigned in both nations, and they had instituted worship of Baal as the prominent religion with a great temple that they had built to Baal in Israel's capital city Samaria.

Then along came Jehu. He saw to it that Queen mother Jezebel, King Jehoram of Israel, and King Ahaziah were all killed, along with all of the priests and leaders that had supported their wicked regimes. He then met a man of God named Jonadab along his way to Samaria and invited him to join him.

Then he [Jehu] said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So they had him [Jehonadab] ride in his chariot. (2 Kings 10:16)

Are you so zealous for the Lord that it shows? Could you invite someone you know to join you for a day and see YOUR zeal for the Lord?

Be blessed, and be a blessing,
Pastor B.

God knows how to bless and we therefore have a hope that cannot be shaken

But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me. (Psalms 13:5-6)

God is a good God and blesses us abundantly.
He has dealt bountifully with us.
And He is ALWAYS watching over us! The questions is are you ALWAYS looking unto Him?

I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. (Psalms 16:8-9)

Those whose hope is in the Lord are never moved and cannot be shaken. These are those that worship before Him daily and constantly. These are those that rejoice in the Lord always. These are those that trust in God to be merciful and to shower us with favor despite our unworthiness.

Are you one of the "these"?
Be blessed, and be a blessing,
Pastor B.

Not by might nor by power

Our Lord is the Lord of armies and multitudes. He is the Lord of hosts! He has myriads of angels at His beck and command and accomplishes His purposes among the inhabitants of both earth and of heaven (Daniel 4:35).

So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)

Amazingly enough God chooses to accomplish great things through the power of the Holy Spirit and tells us not to put our trust in riches or earthly armies, but to put our trust in Him!

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
(Psalms 5:11-12)

Praise God that He is just not a god of the Christian faith, but that He is God of all creation. He is Lord of lords, and King of kings. He is indeed, the Lord of hosts, for all must bow their knee to His will.

You are in GOOD HANDS!!
Be blessed, and be a blessing,
Pastor B.

God's thoughts and words are perfect, what about yours?

I'm sure most, if not all of you that read my devotion would agree that God's throughts and words are perfect.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
(Psalms 19:7-14)

But waht about OUR thoughts and words? God's Word tells us that we should desire His judgments and ways more than gold, and consider His judgments and ways sweeter than honey.

We all have secret faults in the sense of faults that may not even be apparent to us. But often it is these 'secret' faults, crackes, weaknesses, unrighteousnesses that undermine our thought and emotional patterns so that our words and musings are less then God honoring. God is our strength and our redeemer. IN CHRIST we CAN OVERCOME! So how about submitting the meditations of our hearts and the words that we choose to God? How about asking that He judge our heart's ponderings and our words, and that He purge out the bad stuff? (i.e., the less than righteous stuff).

Here's to purity in all it's beauty. A purity that springs forth from the depths and secret places of our heart.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

How is your walk, your work, your speaking, and your taking?

The word of God says that we must walk uprightly and work righteousness, that is, we must have a righteous action in all that we do.

The word of God goes on to say that we must speak the truth and that we must not take up an offense of another person or believe something shameful about them.

Backbiting, gossiping and evil speaking are probably three of the most hideous 'socially acceptable' sins within the church of Jesus Christ.

While these sins are repugnant to God, they are among those that many Christians would classify as 'no big deal', or 'not that bad'. There are many Christians that would go as far as trying to justify their backbiting and evil speaking.

We wouldn't think to justify lying, yet we come up with all sorts of 'situation ethics' that would justify our speaking evil of others. Sometimes it's even couched in spiritual jargon, such as "So and so really has a bad problem and we need to pray for them."

What does the word of God say?

LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; In whose eyes a vile person is despised, But he honors those who fear the LORD; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
(Psalms 15:1-5)

People who have a healthy walk with the Lord are not moved by the storms of life as they have their lives built upon the rock of Jesus Christ.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

Saturday Night, Saturday Night

There's an old song,
Saturday night, Saturday night, we all get together on a Saturday night,
on a Sunday or a Monday you can't do it right,
it's just gotta be a Saturday night.

Well, we have our new PSJ Saturday night service at 6:00! It's casual and it's contemporary, and it comes complete with coffee and snacks and fellowship afterwards. The youth meet at 7:30 afterwards and have a great time playing, doing worship music, talking, and having Bible study discussions.

Please take today and pray for this outreach, and if you're local, make a point to drop in.

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
(Hebrews 10:24-25)

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

What is God working on?

There is a plan that God is working, and it includes all of the saints, that is, all those that have been set apart for His purpose. Are you one of those?

If so, how do you fit into His plan? Do you know what His plan is? The Bible is very clear that God is, among other things, conforming a called out set of people to the image of Jesus Christ.

Are you one of those that God has called out?

Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
(Romans 8:27-29)

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

God will bless the righteous

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
(Psalms 5:11-12)

Just who are "the righteous"? This is a million dollar question, as there are many blessing and promises of God that are made for the righteous.

But Romans 3:10 tells us that there aren't any righteous!

As it is written: "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE;
(Romans 3:10)

Many of us who have accepted Christ call ourselves 'saved' but wouldn't necessarily think of ourselves as righteous. And then there are those Pharisees in the temple that thought of themselves as righteous, but Jesus indicated that they weren't justified (in right standing) with God.

The good news (i.e., gospel) of Jesus Christ is that through Christ many were made righteous before God!

Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
(Romans 5:18)

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—that, as it is written, "HE WHO GLORIES, LET HIM GLORY IN THE LORD."
(1 Corinthians 1:30-31)

Praise God! Christ is our righteousness, our sanctification (i.e., holiness), and our redemption. He not only made us 'saveable', but He actually redeemed us from the curse of the law, and gave us right standing (i.e., justification) with God through His blood atonement.

From one that is righteous in Christ,
Pastor B.

God will surround you with favor!

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. (Psalms 5:11-12)


You're surrounded! With the favor of Almighty God.

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.
(Proverbs 3:3-4)

God will richly bless you with favor as you put your trust in Him, shout in Him, rejoice in Him, stand in the righteousness of Christ, stand on the word of Christ, and stand in the mercy of Christ.

Like Samuel, Jesus, and the early church, you will grow in favor with God and man.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

Don't Grow Weary in Well Doing

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
(Galatians 6:7-10)

It is interesting to note that sowing and reaping goes along with not growing weary in well doing. If we grow weary in well doing we can take our hands off the plow and miss our harvest. We must not lose heart if we are going to sow and reap God's blessing. The apostle Paul knew what it was like to grieve in his heart as he ministered to people.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
(2 Corinthians 2:4)

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
(2 Corinthians 4:16-18)


And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
(2 Corinthians 12:15)

The key in the above passages is to keep our focus on Christ.

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
(Colossians 3:1-2)

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

Tasting the Blessing

This is the view Moses had of the promised land from Mt. Nebo shortly before his death.

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there." So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. (Deuteronomy 34:1-5)

If we are not careful we can sometimes see a blessing without being able to experience the blessing. The old saying that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush is a reminder that the blessing is not ours until we have embraced it.

Moses was a humble man that that failed to experience the promised blessing of a great land because of his lack of faith and/or obedience. Elisha the prophet prophesied of a great miracle in 2 Kings 7 and the king's messenger did not believe God could or would do such a thing. Elisha told him that he would get to see the blessing, but not taste of it (2 Kings 7:19).

God has a banquet laid out before us of great blessing, but unfortunatley there are many that never get to taste of the greatest blessings on the table because of their lack of faith. Hebrews 4:2 tells us that the Israelites failed to enter into God's rest because of their lack of faith in His Word.

Are you trying to embrace God's richest blessings without trusting in and living by God's Word?

If so, you may get to see them, but you won't get to taste them. Taste and see that the Lord is good, and His mercies endure forever.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

We are Watchmen on the Walls

We are Watchmen on the Walls of the City of God

Walls are used to protect those within them, but warning must be spread to those outside the walls to flee to the safety within the walls when a danger is coming.

When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. (Ezekiel 3:18)

It is good that we have fled the wrath of God and are secure within the walls of Mt. Zion. We have an obligation, however, to warn those without.

What have YOU been doing lately to warn others of the Day of the Lord?

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.