Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea. No one will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on theContinueContinue reading “No Pain, No Gain”
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Letting Go of What Hurts Us
Further, he shall not acquire many [war] horses for himself, nor make the people return to Egypt in order to acquire horses [to expand his military power], since the Lord said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’” (Deuteronomy 17:16 AMP) The Israelites really had it tough in Egypt. They were enslaved andContinueContinue reading “Letting Go of What Hurts Us”
Know Your Worth
“We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” (Numbers 13:33 NIV) The Israelites, God’s chosen people, His treasured possession (Deuteronomy 7:6), had low self-worth. They saw themselves as grasshoppers before the enemy. How sad it is when God’s own children, His special creation, see themselves small before the enemy.ContinueContinue reading “Know Your Worth”
When Another Pair of Eyes are Needed
Balaam was riding his donkey to Moab, and two of his servants were with him. But God was angry that Balaam had gone, so one of the LORD’s angels stood in the road to stop him. When Balaam’s donkey saw the angel standing there with a sword, it walked off the road and into anContinueContinue reading “When Another Pair of Eyes are Needed”
What Will It Take?
Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went off with the noblemen from Moab. As he was going, though, God’s anger flared. The angel of God stood in the road to block his way. Balaam was riding his donkey, accompanied by his two servants. When the donkey saw the angel blocking theContinueContinue reading “What Will It Take?”
What are You Clinging to?
Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.(Jonah 2:8 NLT) From inside the big fish, Jonah prayed to God. Jonah thanked God for delivering him from death and made the well-known confession, “Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.” Perhaps Jonah was thinking of the sailorsContinueContinue reading “What are You Clinging to?”
A Person After God’s Own Heart
After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ (Acts 13:22 NIV) When the nation of Israel wanted to become like the other nations by asking for a king, GodContinueContinue reading “A Person After God’s Own Heart”
Aspire to Inspire
Agrippa asked Paul, “In such a short time do you think you can talk me into being a Christian?” Paul answered, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, I wish you and everyone else who hears me today would become just like me! Except, of course, for these chains.” (Acts 26:28-29 CEV)ContinueContinue reading “Aspire to Inspire”
Let’s Grow Up in Christ!
There was a man crippled from birth being carried up. Every day he was set down at the Temple gate, the one named Beautiful, to beg from those going into the Temple. (Acts 3:2 MSG) A few weeks ago, I heard an interesting message about how the crippled man in Acts 3 was being carriedContinueContinue reading “Let’s Grow Up in Christ!”
Praise is the Answer
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Psalm 42:5 NIV) There are times when like the psalmist, I also feel down for no apparent reason. However, I learned a long time ago that the secret toContinueContinue reading “Praise is the Answer”
Rising with the Son 