“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” – Isaiah 43:19 It’s a quiet morning here and as I sat still, just thinking about the majesty of the Creator God, I heard Him whisper […]
Month: March 2015
One day a man watched his wife prepare a roast for dinner, and as he observed her, she cut the ends off the roast, even though there was plenty of room in the roasting pan. “Why do you cut the ends off the roast?”, he queried. With a shrug of her shoulders, she responded,” Hmmm,
“Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which
Gideon had a low opinion of himself, but God saw him in a much different light: “The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” -Leviticus 19:33-34 The land of Israel is the only place on earth where apples
“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.” Luke 22:31 “Shake well before using”. These instructions are on the labels of all sorts of products. It seems that when the container, or vessel, sits for a while the ingredients have a tendency to separate. The heavy, thick, and dense stuff settles to the
Recently I had the privilege of hearing an great word from a great teacher and woman of God, AJ Jones, about the use of acacia wood in the Bible. Here are some interesting facts about acacia I gleaned from her teaching, and some other observations thrown in for good measure. In the Old Covenant God
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. 2 Cor.10:5 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is
“The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.” Isaiah 57:1 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the
“…And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” -Genesis 1:3 NIV “Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.” – Psalm 30:5b Did you know that nighttime actually preceeds the day? I was at a gathering recently where a group of friends came together to celebrate the life of