Matthew 27:4 New International Version (NIV) “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.” For meditation The slippery highway of sin! How deceptive and destructive it is, and terrible the end! It’s so deceptive that it’s difficult to acknowledge when cruising on … Continue reading Don’t Get There

Judges 11:2 New International Version (NIV)  “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.” For Meditation Feel Jephthah’s pain. It could have been on a cold winter morning that his brothers drove him out of their father’s house. He didn’t see it … Continue reading But For Christ Jesus

Mark 12:15 New International Version (NIV) Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” For Meditation Loaded questions! Reporters use this tool very well. They have their agenda and their expected positions on issues, and they set out to hunt for a careless prey. The goal is always to get a popular figure to commit to a … Continue reading Discernment and Wisdom

Numbers 21:9 New International Version (NIV) So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. For Meditation Even God’s patience has a limit. How long could the grumbling and whining and complaining go on? How long … Continue reading While Yet Sinners

Genesis 3:13 New International Version (NIV) Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” For Meditation Let’s step back into the Garden of Eden for a moment. Adam and his lovely wife receive a visitor. It’s the serpent with a quizzical look … Continue reading Let’s Own up!

Psalm 34 New Living Translation (NLT) I will praise the Lord at all times.     I will constantly speak his praises. I will boast only in the Lord;     let all who are helpless take heart. Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness;     let us exalt his name together. I prayed to the Lord, and he … Continue reading A Psalm of Praise for Deliverance

Jeremiah 32:17 New International Version (NIV)  “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. For meditation The Lord had spoken, and Jeremiah believed it. Jerusalem was going to fall to the Babylonian siege because of the sins of the people. Exile had been decreed … Continue reading Absolutely Nothing!