Proverbs 25:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT) Just because you’ve seen something, don’t be in a hurry to go to court. For what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat? For Meditation I am sure that the day four-star General Colin Powell stood before the Security Council of the … Continue reading Discretion Necessary

Psalm 119:11 New International Version (NIV) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. For Meditation His grandfather Manasseh was probably the worst king Judah ever had. That wicked king is reputed to have sawed the prophet Isaiah in two. Amon, his son, was no better. As a result of his … Continue reading Set Apart by the Word

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

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

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

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

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

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

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