Saved To Serve

Scripture ” Now obey Me completely. Keep My covenant. If you do, then out of all of the nations you will be My special treasure. The whole earth is mine. But you will be a kingdom of priests to serve Me. You will be My holy nation.” ~Exodus 19:5-6, NIrV Quote The measure of a…

The Dark Side

Scripture While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them. ~Exodus 17:8, NIrV Quote No good can come from a compromise with evil ~Ya’akov The Amalekites were descendants of Esau we think. They were nomads who roamed the Negev, the very southern part of Israel. For the most part,…

The Walking Dead: Part Two

Scripture But as for you, you will drop dead in this wilderness…In this way, you will pay for your faithlessness, until the last of you lies dead in the wilderness. ~Numbers 14:32-33, NIrV Quote Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God. Faith puts God between us and our circumstances. ~F.B. Meyer In Galatians 2:20 Paul…

A Matter of Respect

Scripture  “So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” ~Numbers 12:8, NIrV Quote A child allowed to be disrespectful to parents will grow up respecting no one. ~William Franklin Graham Aaron and Miriam got upset with their brother Moses because he married a woman from Cush which would be present day…

Be Careful What You Asked For

Scripture  The LORD heard you when you cried out. You said, “We wish we had meat to eat. We were better off in Egypt.” ” ‘Now the LORD will give you meat. And you will eat it. You will not eat it for just one or two days…you will eat it for a whole month. You will…

One More Night With The Frogs

Scripture Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. He said to them, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I’ll let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.” ~Exodus 8:8, NIrV Quote A true Christian desires to be free of sin, not to sin freely. ~Image…

Follow The Cloud

Scripture It didn’t matter whether the cloud stayed above the holy tent for two days or a month or a year. The people of Israel would remain in camp. They wouldn’t start out. But when the cloud lifted, they would start out. ~Numbers 9:22, NIrV Quote Following Jesus is interesting, exciting and challenging: No one can…

Perception Is Reality, Not!

Scripture “It’s my son’s robe! A wild animal has eaten him up. Joseph must have been torn to pieces.” Jacob tore his clothes. He put on black clothes. Then he sobbed over his son for many days. All of Jacob’s other sons and daughters came to comfort him. But they weren’t able to. Genesis 37:34-35, NIrV Quote…

The Men Of Jabesh Gilead

Scripture But when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they…buried their bodies under a tamarisk tree. ~I Samuel 31:11-12, NLT…

Eight Suppositions

Scripture  Suppose we say that we share life with God but still walk in the darkness. Then we are lying. We are not living by the truth. ~I John 1:6, NIrV Quote Let us, with extreme caution, indulge in the supposition that morality can be maintained without fear of God. It cannot! ~Adapted from a George…