Blogs in this category are designed to present something to think about. They may present a different angle on a familiar passage. Or they may simply present a challenge for the reader to relate to the passage in a way they may not have before.
But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone. For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong. They don’t have troubles like …
Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! Psalm 43:3 ESV Life can be a difficult journey and it’s easy to lose our way in the midst of the storms, but God does not leave …
Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall! He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds. He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze …
During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on …
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.2 Chronicles 29:1 NIV When Hezekiah began to reign, the country was a mess! His father, King Ahaz, had not been faithful to the Lord, instead, he led the nation into extreme idol worship, including …
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of …
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. Proverbs 4:25-27 NIV God has an amazing plan …
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13 NKJV There is no one who will ever love you more than Jesus! Take a minute to think about the physical and emotional pain he endured for you on the cross. Is …
Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall. With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility. But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of …
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 NIV What is king Solomon saying here? What has the Lord laid on his heart? If we believe we are in a spiritual battle every single day we walk with our Lord, we must acknowledge that the weapons our …
Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. Proverbs 30:8b-9 NIV There’s wisdom in realizing …
Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” Mark 4:9 NIV Mark records Jesus making this statement at the conclusion of the parable of the sower, in which Jesus gives us an analogy to the different ways the word of God can impact a life. The parable …
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NIV As David experienced the dry desert heat and the painful thirst that followed, he found an …
The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. They were in charge …
On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, …
Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. Isaiah 61:7 NIV Herein lies our hope, that instead of receiving the shame …