Lamentations 5:20-21-Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days? 21 Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old— One of the more sobering thoughts about relationships in life, is that our knowledge of other people gets “greater” as seasons […]
We are to lead our emotions, more so than to follow our emotions. We are commanded to FEEL a certain way. For example, when we are commanded to “Love God with all our heart, soul, and mind,” that love involves feeling a certain way. It is not simply telling us to act a certain way, […]
Luke 23:39-43- One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward […]
Merry White Christmas! It is snowing here in Puyallup on this Christmas morning! I can’t remember the last time it snowed on Christmas day even though I have always lived in a cold-in-winter region all my life! How awesome it is to have our sins covered as snow covers the earth. All the crud, evil, […]
How would you feel if every part of your life was preplanned? Would you feel caged or would you feel free? Daniel 11 predicts the future with amazing accuracy. For example, v. 17 says, “He [the king of the north] will determine to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will make an […]
Romans 13:14–But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. I remember as a non-Christian throughout my teens and early twenties watching television, and whenever I would come across a religious channel I would change it immediately! Not wanting to be reminded in anyway, of what […]
When we stop using our gifts for others, that’s when we start dying. And this will be spiritually at first, and then usually physically. God has made you uniquely to be placed in this world. And you have a unique set of gifts and characteristics such that you come alive when you use those gifts for […]
1 Samuel 13:12–I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the Lord.’ So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering.” Many times it is our own human nature that can leave us conflicted. The desire to protect ourselves from harm is […]
Pride goes before destruction. God hates the proud. If you ever see someone boasting of himself, just wait some time and you will see him either dead or destroyed. When the Prophet Elisha prophecies that God will turn the economy of Israel overnight, a captain snickers at him and says even God can’t do that. […]
We think most people used by God in the Bible are good examples for us to follow. But if I understand the gospel correctly, they were actually bad people whom we SHOULD NOT follow. But, by the grace of God, they had been saved, washed, and used by God such that we should be focusing on God […]