What a powerful verse! 3 things slammed into my brain this morning on when I read this. 1. Lovingkindness 2. Truth 3. Fear (the good kind) Hebrews 9:22b tells us “…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness”. This passage clearly states that lovingkindness and truth are necessary for the atonement of our iniquity. […]
I received a phone call yesterday evening from my beautiful bride. She warned me that the plants I have been taking such precious care of each and every day had been attacked by a four-year-old with scissors. In but a few moments, all of what I had nurtured had been stolen, killed, and destroyed. I […]
One of the greatest characteristics of our LORD is His patience. Where we fret and worry He stands strong and confident; patiently waiting. There are days when my heart cannot deal with anymore grief and I just want Him to finish His judgement and take me home. I see the corruption, deception, and death all […]
A thought hit me today as I was watering our seed starts for our garden. In some of the packs there are weeds that I’m watering. Why am I doing that? Of course I pulled out the ones that were blatant weeds(these are easily distinguishable once the real seed start comes up. In […]
Ephesians 4 is one of my favorite chapters in all of scripture. The beautiful unity of the church at large has always intrigued me. Regardless of gender, age, socio-economic class, ethnicity, or any other possible division, there can be oneness in love. It’s also no surprise that we also see fruit of the Spirit mentioned. […]
So thankful that in August 1989, I took ownership of the sins I had committed against God. I confessed, repented and He moved just as He has promised. There have been many ups and downs and even times where I longed for he Egypt of my past life. Yet God remained and continues […]
God has a way of getting our attention. Whether that is through trial or miracle, He is always giving us an opportunity to acknowledge Him. Moses had a choice in that moment. He could have, in fear, moved onward and not turned aside. Or assumed he was seeing things. Notice that he had to leave […]
Nobody likes being called stupid and we even teach our kids not to use that word to try to prevent that from happening, but the reality is, we have a choice to be stupid if we want to. Learning requires discipline both from self and from a teacher. Correction is also necessary so that we […]
Today’s verse challenges us to answer the question Do you believe? We can have our heads filled with knowledge of scripture and great stories of everything that has happened to everyone one else, but at the end of the day, when you’re by yourself, do you believe? Furthermore, is that belief followed up by action? […]
This weekend our pastor shared from Ephesians 3:24-21. One word jumped out at me many all the others…dwell. It’s not just that He desires to dwell “with” us but even desires to dwell “in” us. It’s as if He purchased us as a house and is going to live in us. Furthermore, if we are […]