Passover And The Sabbaths

Scripture “On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the LORD ’s Passover. On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread made with yeast may be eaten. ~Numbers 28:15-16, NLT Quote Our hope is not in our goodness, our ability or our strength. Our…

Holy, Holy, Holy

Scripture Do not treat my name as if it were not holy. The people of Israel must recognize me as the holy God. I am the Lord. I make you holy. ~Leviticus 22:32, NIrV Quote Before God can be anything else: He is first and foremost holy. ~Ya’akov If God is not holy, He is…

Jesus Changes Things And People

Scripture ‘No man who has any flaws can come near. No man who is blind…disabled…scarred…twisted spine…hunchback…too short…imperfect eyesight…diseased…or whose sex glands are crushed can come. ~Leviticus 21:16-18, NIrV Quote God loves you unconditionally as you are not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be. ~Brennan Manning This is not the first…

A Love Like That

Scripture We love each other because He loved us first. ~I John 4:19, NLT Quote Character is the ability to keep a commitment long after the excitement of the moment has passed. ~Cavett Roberts Jack Canfield is a motivational speaker, lecturer and writer. In his seminars he begins by making a set of ground rules for…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Jesus And Facebook

Scripture A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!” ~Luke 22:56, NLT Quote Everyone is a follower; either of Christ or the world. ~Ya’akov A status symbol of our current age is how many followers one has on Facebook or…

Perspective

Scripture You have wearied Him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD ’s sight, and He is pleased with them. You have wearied Him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?” ~Malachi 2:17, NIrV Quote “The same sun which melts wax hardens clay. And the same Gospel which melts…