Genesis 31:6-7-You know that I have served your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. At the close of each year we like to look back to put the “year in review”.  We all can conclude that the […]

What if this is the beginning of the end, and things may get worse from here on out? If this is indeed the beginning of the end, then we can be sure that it will get worse – far worse than it is now. Before the end of the world as we know it, the Book […]

Genesis 29:34-35–Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.  35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.  At […]

Merry Christmas! Christ has come, and He will come again! As we were doing our family devotional this week, a question was posed, “why did Jesus come as a baby and not as an adult?” His main purpose in coming was to die for our sins. But if so, He could’ve come as an adult. Adults […]

Genesis 22:12–He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”  If someone asked, how do you know that you really fear God?  How would you explain that to them?  The popular answer could be to […]

A long time ago, when I was a young youth pastor, I remember going to a meeting with our education pastor. We met up with a reporter and another pastor from a neighboring church. Now, this pastor from a largish church didn’t seem to be too thrilled to be at this meeting. And my education […]

Acts 22:9–Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.  As a young child my friends and I would play outside, but couldn’t be too far from “shouting distance” from our parents.  Every evening like “clockwork” a parent would yell for their child, and one by […]

I’ve learned much through running a marathon. One of the reasons why I wanted to run it was to learn about life. I’ve read people say that you learn about life as you are training for and running the marathon, and they were right. One lesson I learned is to keep going when I want to […]

What do you hate? What we hate says as much about us as what we love. Are there things or things in people that you cannot stand? Are there things in YOU that you cannot stand? If you are godly, you SHOULD hate some things. “Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them from […]

Matthew 17:20-He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”  If we consider all the things that we hope for, whether that’s the […]