Our Default Setting

Scripture When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. ~Galatians 5:19-21, NLT Quote Our sinful nature fights to control us even after we become…

The Amazing Word

Scripture “Tell them, ‘The LORD and King says, “I will gather you from the nations. I will bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered. I will give you back the land of Israel.” ‘ ~Ezekiel 11:17, NIRV Quote My conscience is captive to the word of God. ~Martin Luther I am…

Leviathan

Scripture “Job, can you pull the leviathan out of the sea with a fish hook? Can you tie down its tongue with a rope? Can you put a rope through its nose? Can you stick a hook through its jaw? Will it beg you for mercy?” ~Job 41:1-3, NIRV Quote God moves in mysterious ways, His…

Only A Fool Would Say…There Is No God!

Scripture “Wisdom and power belong to God. Advice and understanding also belong to him.” ~Job 12:13, NIrV Quote The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. ~David My major in college was Religion and Philosophy. I was not a great student but Philosophy fascinated me. Ancient philosophers were wise men, sages of…

The Promise Keeper

Scripture “I tell you that I will build a royal house for your family.’ ~I Chronicles 17:10, NIrV Quote Jesus is the ultimate Promise Keeper. ~Ya’akov I am reading through the books of history this month and earlier today I read I Chronicles 17 where David says, “Here I am, living in a palace that has…

Goat Head Religion

Scripture “The people of Israel are now making sacrifices in the open fields. But they must bring their sacrifices to the priest. They must bring them to me at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. There they must sacrifice them as friendship offerings. ~Leviticus 17:5, NIrV Quote Anarchy is the absence of a ruler.…

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…

Rewards

SCRIPTURE But each person’s work will be shown for what it is. On judgment day it will be brought to light. It will be put through fire. The fire will test how good everyone’s work is.  If the building doesn’t burn up, God will give the builder a reward for his work. If the building burns up,…

A Place To Rest

Scripture Trust in Him at all times, you people. Tell Him all of your troubles. God is our place of safety. Psalms 62:8, NIrV Quote I suppose there are two forms of weariness: one is being physically tired and in dire need of sleep; the other is being troubled and in desperate need of peace.…

Backfire!

Scripture The believers who had been scattered preached the word everywhere they went. ~Acts 8:4, NIrV Quote Malice is a boomerang, it is apt to turn upon the projector. ~William Makepeace  Thackeray Most of us understand the original definition of a “Backfire”; it is a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of an engine. However,…