God’s Gracious Hand
Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations… Nehemiah 1:8 In the first chapter of Nehemiah, we see Nehemiah’s complete dependence on the Lord. He turned to God in his distress over the state of affairs in Jerusalem. He reminded the Lord […]
Does it even matter?
Have you ever heard the phrase, “She is so heavenly-minded that she is no earthly good?” This spring, we have been reading through the gospel of Matthew and coming to understand the kingdom of God: the culture of the kingdom, the character of kingdom citizens, and the heart of the King. Jesus came to bring […]
Believers as Living Stones
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 The Holy Spirit builds believers into “spiritual houses.” We are changed from “glory to glory,” becoming more like Christ as we yield to the building process. When our house was being built for my family, […]
Readying Our Feet with the Word of God
. . .and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15 We must be alert, ready, and watchful at all times to fight the schemes of the enemy. Peter tells us that the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (I […]
Jehovah, the Promise Keeper
The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:13b Moses was full of excuses when the Lord asked him to deliver His people out of Egypt. God began to reveal himself as Jehovah when Moses began to question Him. Moses had no understanding of the Lord […]
Gathering Resources
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians that God will supply all their needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. It is critical to understand that the Lord supplies all our needs. I […]
The Materialism of Tyre
On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations. Isaiah 23:3 Tyre was the main seaport along the Phoenician coast. Part of the city was built on two rocky islands one-half mile from shore. The […]
Power From The Spirit
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:4 Pentecost was the 50th day after the Sabbath of Passover Week. It […]
Obedience From The Heart
But Samuel replied: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” I Samuel 15:22 The words of Christ to His Father not as I will but as […]
The Self-Sufficiency of Babylon
You have forgotten God your savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Isaiah 17:10 The nations in the time of Isaiah were filled with turmoil. The city of Babylon is seen throughout both the Old and New Testaments as a city plagued with pride and self-sufficiency. Babylon symbolizes the world powers arrayed […]