Keep The Altar Fire Burning

Scripture The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest will burn wood on the fire… Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out. ~Leviticus 6:12-13 (CSB) Quote Confession without repentance is just boasting. ~H. Eugene Bolton Corrie Ten…

Be Careful

Scripture “Be careful that you don’t forget the LORD your God by failing to keep his commands, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. ~Deuteronomy 8:11, CSB Quote Success is not final and failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~Sir Winston Churchill There are twenty four “Be Careful’s” in Deuteronomy…

Weary, Yet Pursuing

Scripture Gideon and the three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it. They were exhausted but still in pursuit. ~ Judges 8:4 (CSB) Quote Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. ~Sir Winston Churchill Gideon did not aspire to be a leader; he was content with farming and feeding…

Empty And Bitter

Scripture “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. ~ Ruth 1:20-21 (CSB) Quote As followers of Christ, we must celebrate and give thanks for what we have rather than grieve over what we…

Adonijah and Abishag

Scripture “How can you possibly ask me to give Abishag to Adonijah?” King Solomon demanded. “You might as well ask me to give him the kingdom! You know that he is my older brother, and that he has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side.” ~I Kings 2:22, NLT Quote Ambition…

The Curse Of The Sword

Scripture Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’ ~ 2 Samuel 12:10 (CSB) Quote Every man has the liberty to make his own choices but no man is free from the consequences of the choices he…

David, A Type of Christ

Scripture The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off. ~ 2 Samuel 5:21 (CSB) Quote No matter who is president; Jesus is KING. ~Image Quotes I am currently reading the Christian Standard Bible by Holman. It is a revised edition to the original Holman Christian Standard Version. I’m reading…

Divine Protection

Scripture If the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us, then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us. ~ Psalms 124:2-3 (CSB) Quote I look only to the gracious protection of the Eternal One whose strengthening support I humbly solicit and to whom I fervently pray would look…

Joseph, The Unsung Hero

Scripture Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. ~Matthew 1:19, NLT Quote God loves obedience. ~James Nesbitt Joseph, the earthly father of our LORD, does not get much ink. I preached a short sermon on Joseph Sunday morning but…