Category Archives: Redemption

How to Dedicate Your House to God. Leviticus 27.

I understand the idea of dedicating a new home to God. People do it in many ways. Some pray over the lot before new construction. Others pray over the rooms. Some put a touch of olive oil on each of the doors. Some will spend time talking about Jesus throughout the house, speaking His nameContinue reading “How to Dedicate Your House to God. Leviticus 27.”

“The King is Dead; Long Live the King!” The Restoration of Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:6-8

Pictured: David restores Mephibosheth, artist unknown. A king may have a long and peaceful rule. But when the king dies, the Problem of Succession asks who will be the new king?  Who will succeed to the throne? To address this problem, the French and English began announcing one king’s death with the next king’s successionContinue reading ““The King is Dead; Long Live the King!” The Restoration of Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:6-8”

Dry Bones. Ezekiel 37:1-14.

Have you ever felt dead inside? Maybe that was how the Hebrews felt in Ezekiel 37. So God took Ezekiel out and showed him an entire valley filled with human bones as far as the eye could see. God asks “Can these bones live?,” and Zeke says, “Only you know.” So God tells him toContinue reading “Dry Bones. Ezekiel 37:1-14.”

WHEN GOD REDEEMS YOU AND MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL, DON’T FORGET WHERE YOU COME FROM. Ezekiel 16:4-14.

For some of us, humility is as simple as remembering how your life began. I remember being the hyperactive misfit who could not behave and in some classrooms was ostracized by both teachers and students. No matter what I might achieve in life, I will never forget where I came from—and I will not forgetContinue reading “WHEN GOD REDEEMS YOU AND MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL, DON’T FORGET WHERE YOU COME FROM. Ezekiel 16:4-14.”

Kinsman-Redeemer.

You sometimes hear it said that Jesus is our kinsman-redeemer.  But what is that? The phrase comes from the book of Ruth.  Naomi and her husband and sons left Israel during a famine and moved to Moab.  In Moab Naomi lost her husband and both sons.  She eventually returned to Israel accompanied only by herContinue reading “Kinsman-Redeemer.”