Category Archives: Life

It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And theContinue reading “Do Your Part”

However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says, ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple as good as that?’ asks the Lord. ‘Could you build me such a resting place? Didn’t my hands make both heaven and earth?’ ActsContinue reading “Where is God?”

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17 (NKJV) The serpent … asked the woman, “Did God reallyContinue reading “Is Knowledge Really Power?”

But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!” So they spread this badContinue reading “How Do You Lead?”

Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected, a man of sorrows, acquaintedContinue reading “What A Sacrifice!”

We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield…for we trust in his holy name. Psalms 33:20-21 (NLT) These days it is so easy to put trust in the things around us – jobs, wealth, medicine, people, power and so on. But when these things fail, where do you go? ItContinue reading “Trust”

Man has always believed that he is in control and has the answer and solution to every problem or situation. But time and time again, it has been proven that we are not in contol and don’t have the answer to a lot of life’s issues. The truth is God has richly blessed us withContinue reading “There is a Shaking”

Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom… Exodus 28:3 (NLT) Reading the chapters in Exodus about the design of the tabernacle and its furnishing, to be honest, I didn’t find it interesting. After a while I asked myself – why is this in the bible? Then it hitContinue reading “God in All Professions”

Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7 (NLT) Prophets are simply spokespersons for God, and they deliver the message just as they received it. The very nature of prophecies is they sometimes lack clear details. The process by which a prophecy comes to pass isContinue reading “It is Certain!”

Then Moses went back to the Lord and protested, “Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done nothing to rescue them!” Exodus 5:22-23 (NLT) Have you sometimesContinue reading “Increased Intensity”