Dirty Feet

Scripture I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. ~John 13:16, NLT Quote Do not come to Christ asking for a crown. There is only one crown in the church and Jesus wears it! ~Calvin Miller Todays verse…

Human Depravity

Scripture We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. ~Isaiah 64:6, NLT Quote There are some things I never doubt: an Infinite Creator, the presence of evil in the world and man’s depravity. ~Ya’akov June and I went to see the SOUND OF FREEDOM  yesterday.…

Can Obedience Be Wrong?

Scripture  But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live. ~Exodus 1:17, NASB Quote A man is a slave for obeying unless behind his obedience there is a recognition of a Holy God. ~Oswald Chambers For the most part, obedience is a…

God Loves Obedience

Scripture On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem’s rejoicing was heard far away. ~ Nehemiah 12:43 (CSB) Quote The reason there are so many unhappy, disgruntled Christians is that they are living in perpetual disobedience. ~Ya’akov Moses taught…

Nine-Eleven

  Scripture Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.  ~Ecclesiastes 9:11, Holman Quote Merit is not always rewarded…

Laziness

Scripture Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes. ~Proverbs 10:26, NLT Quote Laziness could run a competitive race for the most underrated sin. ~David Wyrtzen Moses was not only a law giver, he was prophet. Three hundred years before the fact, he predicted the Israelites would asks…

Slavery

Scripture Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. ~Colossian 3:22, NLT Quote Slavery, like AIDS, has not been abolished. Like a deadly virus it mutates, taking on new…

It Pays To Serve Jesus

Scripture “I will not completely destroy the…But they will become his {Shishak, Pharaoh of Egypt} subjects, so they will know the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.” ~2 Chronicles 12:7-8, NLT Quote Serving Christ is the greatest adventure on earth. ~Ya’akov We had a great bible study lesson last Sunday. We had stimulating…

The Year of Jubilee

Scripture “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.” ~Leviticus 25:14 Quote There are two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers eat better but the givers sleep better. ~Image Quotes When the Israelites left Egypt, all were…

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…