Exodus 16:3-and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.“ When […]
Job 30:20-21-I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.21 You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me. One of the major “markers” of measuring how our faith/love have matured is too look at our “consistency of […]
Luke 14:13-14–But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” If you’re parent or work/serve in any place that requires that you continually give, than you know the […]
Exodus 8:15–But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. Though growing up I didn’t have any religious models of true reverence towards God. What I do remember from television, is the desperation shown towards prayer to God […]
Exodus 6:9-Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. If you ever been through something that left you broken and hardened towards every outside influence in your life, than you understand that listening, has a lot to do with our […]
Job 20:20-“Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him. If there was something in your life that you could attain, that you believe would give you contentment, what would that be? When this question is asked, we tend to “cleanse” our desires and regulate […]
Luke 4:34–“Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are— the Holy One of God.” Before this passage, Jesus had just been rejected by His hometown of Nazareth from the people within the synagogue, who heard Him teach the Word. They go […]
1 Corinthians 2:12-13-Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. Naturally as human beings, I believe what makes inspiration, motivation, TED talks, etc. so appealing, is that it pulls us out of the limitations of […]
Romans 16:25–Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ,according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages As Christians, it may not seem unusual that we could be “strengthened” by words in a book. But because we believe the […]
Romans 12:3–For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. In talking to some of my friends and family who are in […]