1 Samuel 25:33 New International Version (NIV) May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. For Meditation I don’t get it. Maybe you can explain something to me, because it doesn’t make sense. David would not touch the man who … Continue reading The Abigails in Our Lives
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That Child Will Come Home
Luke 15:20 New International Version (NIV) So he got up and went to his father. For Meditation The agony of a child gone wayward; it’s like a knife thrust through the heart. Questions linger. They probe the mind for answers that elude reason. Guilt checks in with its baggage for an unspecified stay, and the … Continue reading That Child Will Come Home
Breaking the Human Huddle
Genesis 11:8 New International Version (NIV) So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. For meditation Let’s look back to Shinar through the eyes of God, and observe the heart and condition of the human race. They had one language and they huddled in one place (Gen. 11:2). They … Continue reading Breaking the Human Huddle
The Bile of a Vengeful Heart
Romans 12:19 New International Version (NIV) Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. For Meditation It was September 26, 2002 in Dallas, Texas. The President of the United States of America (USA), George W. Bush, was … Continue reading The Bile of a Vengeful Heart
A Heart’s Song To God
Luke 1:46-47 New International Version (NIV) My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior For meditation Only a life that has been touched by God’s grace can praise Him. It is only a heart that truly appreciates God’s favor that can rise in joyful singing to our Jehovah. That is … Continue reading A Heart’s Song To God
For the Sake of One
Mark 5:15 New International Version (NIV) When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. For Meditation In 1865, two young professors decided to reopen the Southern Baptist University in Greeneville, South Carolina in the United … Continue reading For the Sake of One
Bearing Fruit for Impact
John 15:5 New International Version (NIV) “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. For meditation The church was small – with membership under a hundred. That however, didn’t matter. The fellowship was deep; the … Continue reading Bearing Fruit for Impact
How Much Can a Man Take?
Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank – Numbers 20:11. Poor Moses! How much could the man … Continue reading How Much Can a Man Take?
Just Surrender
Isaiah 55:8 New International Version (NIV) “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. For Meditation It is absolutely comical to observe how people struggle with the “Whys” and the “Hows” of things from God’s perspective. It is pitiful and quite depressing to see mere humans, trying … Continue reading Just Surrender