REFERENCE TEXT: Isaiah 41:13-20 When God is doing any thing, He does them to send a message. The strategy described by Isaiah was one that had the intention of spiking interest and drawing attention. They were a combination of unusual events: pools of water in wilderness, springs in the dessert, or trees in the wilderness... Continue Reading →
WE KNOW IN PART
In maturing in the word of God, it becomes expedient to avoid isolating individual verses of scripture because of the potential for them to steer us off course. Interpretive and contextual variations may be necessary. In our text today, Jesus speaking to the Pharisees and scribes says these words: " Nothing outside a person can... Continue Reading →
GOOD INTENTIONS CAN BE JUST THAT
DAY 255 OF 365 IN 2021 GOOD INTENTIONS CAN BE JUST THAT Mark 8:33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” The wisdom of man has a very... Continue Reading →
HE HAS TO BE IN THE PICTURE
DAY 228 OF 365 IN 2021 Matthew 19:20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?” In our text today, we encounter a young man in a bit of a predicament: his desire was to gain eternal life hence his contact with Jesus... Continue Reading →
THERE IS NOTHING RANDOM
DAY 189 OF 365 IN 2021 THERE IS NOTHING RANDOM Reference text: Genesis 45:1-5 One of the things I have come to appreciate is how sequences of events, or actions which may seem very random all come clicking today in a light bulb moment leaving you surprised and saying 'so that was why!' As students,... Continue Reading →
YOU’RE NOT EXPENDABLE
DAY 62 OF 365 IN 2021 Jeremiah 18:18 They said, "Come, let's make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let's attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he... Continue Reading →