Archive for June 2019

Josh. 6: 4b-5On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in. Joshua…

Numbers 14:24But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. Has God ever given you an unpopular word to speak to others? Has He ever asked you to take a stand that goes against the…

Heb. 11:24-25By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. Do you find it interesting that this description of Moses’s decision to suffer along with God’s…

Gen. 41:38So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” This verse is sandwiched between two incredible bookends. This statement by Pharaoh comes after Joseph interpreted a dream for him. However, this was not Joseph’s interpretation. Before even hearing Pharaoh’s dream, he made sure to…

Gen 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” I think we have all seen paintings and drawings that attempt to depict this picture. God and man struggle fiercely in the dust. There is great force and movement…

Gen 22:2Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” When I think of the story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son, I think of God’s creativity. There are two…

Gen 6:22Noah did everything just as God commanded him. Has God ever called you to do the impossible or the seemingly illogical? In Noah’s time, the world was full of wickedness, and God desired to start anew not only with mankind but also with the creatures of the ground and the birds of the air.…

Heb: 11:4By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. Abel’s story is told in the fourth chapter of Genesis. Although the chronicle of his life lasts for…

Prov. 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. The unteachable spirit does not reside far from idolatry. We are not speaking of those who prefer to learn things on their own as opposed to learning from others. This is merely a preference for something other than the personal…