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By Stephen Leonard “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” Romans 13:1 You are on a trajectory headed toward where your real citizenship lies, for Paul expressed that believers’ »

By Stephen Leonard “I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.” Job 23:12 Because it is the next day after the very popular Halloween, Reformation Day gets largely ignored, even by Christians. There »

By Stephen Leonard “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name, He may give it to you.” John 15:16 This week »

By Stephen Leonard “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 When you enter a war zone as a combatant, »

By Stephen Leonard “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Genesis 12:3 Forty-nine years ago, on this day, October 6, a war started. It was called the »

By Stephen Leonard “So beginning with the 15th day of the seventh month (in the Hebrew calendar, this is between September and October), after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days…On the first day, you are to take branches »

By Stephen Leonard “I lift my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 In the Spring of 1953, my family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. I finished first grade there, but »

By Stephen Leonard “I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed »

By Stephen Leonard “Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On »

By Stephen Leonard “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24 My »

By Stephen Leonard “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Proverbs 1:7 »

By Stephen Leonard “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.” Malachi 4:2 The sun and the Son! What relationship between this center “furnace” of the galaxy, »