Image generated by A.I. Have you ever felt good things would come your way if someone were out of the way? Is someone keeping you from your destiny? There is no one God cannot move. No one can stand in God’s way. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of theContinue reading “GOD CAN OVERCOME ANYONE. Ezra 1-3; Proverbs 21:1.”
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GOD’S COURTROOM. Job.
Picture generated by A.I. Have you read the book of Job? The book of Job reads like the transcript of a trial.[1] The room is called to order and Job makes an opening statement—in his lawsuit against GOD: “I have prepared my case. I know that I am right… I was at ease, but GodContinue reading “GOD’S COURTROOM. Job.”
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. Mark 3:25.
Manicheanism was a false religion best known for dividing life into an evil sphere and a good sphere. Today the term is used most often to describe those who hold that sort of view. If you believe life is like an old western film where everyone is either a good guy wearing a white hat,Continue reading “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. Mark 3:25.”
He Hears Your Voice. Psalm 55.
God hears. No matter what day, no matter what is going on. No matter what you have done—God hears. Take your complaints, your hurt, your fear, and broken heart to God. He hears you. He loves you. He will deliver you. When David was upset and afraid, he wrote Psalm 55. “But I call toContinue reading “He Hears Your Voice. Psalm 55.”
DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? Judges 2:10-12,14.
When I was a child in Sunday school, I always wondered what went wrong? We would read about Adam and Eve, the way they walked with God in the garden. But in a few generations, people were so evil, God chose to flood the earth and start over. Then Noah and his three sons andContinue reading “DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? Judges 2:10-12,14.”
ECCLESIASTES IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE BIBLE. Do You Have a Favorite?
What is your favorite book of the Bible? Have you thought about it? Have you read enough of the Bible to have a favorite? If not, why not? What are you waiting for? It only takes a few minutes a day. The first time I read Ecclesiastes, I had just spent the hardest year ofContinue reading “ECCLESIASTES IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE BIBLE. Do You Have a Favorite?”
Have You Ever Felt the Sting of Rejection? Psalm 118:22.
If you have felt rejected, you are not alone. Jesus was rejected by the “best,” most elite people of His day, the super-religious, smartest, and most well-educated, the Pharisees and Sadducees. But God did not reject Him—and only God’s view of things matters. Jesus quoted Psalm 118:22: “The stone the builders rejected has become theContinue reading “Have You Ever Felt the Sting of Rejection? Psalm 118:22.”
Who is the Greatest in the Kingdom? Matthew 18:1-4.
The disciples asked Jesus to name the greatest person in the Kingdom of Heaven. They expected Him to say Abraham or Moses or David or Elijah or maybe John the Baptist, but He surprised them: “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ AndContinue reading “Who is the Greatest in the Kingdom? Matthew 18:1-4.”
Is it a Leap of Faith or a LEAN of Faith?
Remember the leap of faith scene in INDIANA JONES: THE LAST CRUSADE? Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) finds himself facing a chasm no man could cross, time is running out, he checks his book of clues, and realizes what he is looking at. “It’s a leap of faith,” he says to himself. John Williams’ violins swell.Continue reading “Is it a Leap of Faith or a LEAN of Faith?”
The Fool.
Do you know any atheists? Some have made significant contributions: Sigmund Freud (father of psychology), Stephen Hawking (physicist who wrote A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME), Ayn Rand (a libertarian/conservative writer), Karl Marx (inventor of Communism). There are also famous agnostics: Thomas Edison (inventor of light bulbs, record players, motion pictures, and more), and Albert EinsteinContinue reading “The Fool.”
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