Isaiah 35 – Restoration. After the barrage of judgment over evil against nations and wayward people, God speaks in beautiful terms of restoring His own. Although this prophetically speaks…
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Job 42 – We live in a fallen world.Believers andunbelievers are both inundated with the consequences of sin. Our God is not indifferent;Hes not uncaring…
Matthew 14 – Need is everywhere. We stand in the sea of human hurt, unbelievable pain others have. Their hardship slaps against us like waves of the…
Matthew 12 – There is no neutral ground with Jesus. We either believe who He is and act accordingly or we don’t. We either live in that…
Matthew 9 – Human need is all around us. The question is do we see it completely with the heart of compassion or with a heart of…
Matthew 4 – After Jesus’ 40 days in the desert with the temptations of Satan playing on every aspect of His calling and life; mocking who He…
Proverbs 28 – Leadership is no easy thing. It’s ironic how many desire such a role but the responsibility of being a leader holds many tough decisions and acts…
2 Kings 20 – If you knew how long you had to live, would it make a difference in how you lived? Let’s set the stage here….
2 Kings 5 – Aram had been a neighbor to Israel for centuries but rarely was on friendly terms. Under David’s rule they payed tribute to Israel…
Genesis 20 – Abraham lies. God protects. Pulling up his stakes, Abraham took his entire clan and journeyed further south. Settling in Gerar it…
James 3 – “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” What a load of bunk. Since when has this ever been true?…
John 19 – “It is finished.” –John 19:30 It happened. The betrayal, the arrest, the denial, the disciples scattering like sheep had all taken place…
John 15 – We can’t do it on our own. Oh, we’ve tried countless times. We attempt to make things work in our own strength. We go down…
John 12 – “… But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also; because on account of him many of the Jews were going away…
John 9 – He had never seen the sunrise, witnessed a smile; never in his life had he been able to see the flowers of which he smelled…
John 5 – For 38 years the man wanted to be healed. He had joined many others who gathered around a pool of water in Bethesda day…
John 4 – The Gospel is for all people. No matter what their race, title, social position, identity, past sins may be – the redemptive work…
Nahum 3 – The proud Nineveh is ripe for judgment here as the final chapter of Nahum speaks toward the demise and sins of this…
Hosea 11 – “When Israel was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. I took them in My arms; But they did not…
Hosea 7 – “Israel will not recognize her failures or confess their compromised half-baked spiritual life that is marked by pride.” -The Bible Panorama When something is half-baked, it…
Hosea 6 – “For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6 The definition of loyalty is a…
2 Corinthians 12 – We do not know what Paul’s thorn was. Many have speculated from malaria to epilepsy to loss of eyesight. Whatever it was, it…
2 Corinthians 6 – King Hezekiah was one of the good rulers of Israel. Working in tandem with the prophet Isaiah he reformed the land and cleaned…
1 Corinthians 6 – “Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord…
Psalm 118 – “When I think about the Lord How He saved me how He raised me How He filled me with the Holy Ghost How He healed me…
Psalm 50 – Our battlefields are different but they bring about the same feelings at times. We feel exhausted, weary from the ongoing things…
Psalm 8 – Stop a moment and put on some new lenses. Look about you. Look at the trees, the beauty of creation. Consider life itself and how God…
Mark 10 – Jesus is concerned about our relationships. As we are tied to relationships in this life, Jesus wants our relationships to reflect Him…
Mark 6 – Has Jesus become too familiar to us? Familiar: one who is seen or well known from close association. We all have people in our lives we…
Mark 5 – A Roman legion consisted of up to 6000 men. The man brought fear to the town. More than likely they avoided the tomb area for more…
Mark 3 – As the quote goes, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” But this is not only the case in such an arena. The meaning goes toward unlikely companions who…
Mark 2 – We find three snapshots of Jesus that speak absolutely to His character and desire. We find Him in a house teaching when suddenly the roof was…
Ecclesiastes 3 – God has a plan for His people. It’s always been there and stands even to the end of this life we live. Through Solomon’s words, we…
Numbers 21 – The time had come for Israel to enter the Promised Land. The old generation had passed and for this new group of people this would be…
Luke 14 – There are prophecies in the Old Testament of a feast that will come at the end of the age – the Messiah’s Banquet. I have always…
Luke 8 – The ministry of Jesus continues to grow and expand. It’s noteworthy that as he went from one town and village to another the 12 were right…
Luke 7 – How many tears do you have to shed to wash someone’s feet? Luke 7 records several stories of Jesus from a remarkable Roman Centurion demonstrating faith…
Luke 5 – Here begins a turning point in Luke as we read of his many miracles, the calling of who would be his disciples and his ministry to…
Acts 9 – Arrest – the action by which a person is stopped from his normal activities by virtue of a legal authority or sanction; to take…
Acts 7 – “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” – Tertullian As the 7 men were chosen by the disciples to meet…
Acts 4 – What is God asking of you? What is He personally calling you to do? Where is He working and asking you to join? Depending…
Acts 3 – Chuck Swindoll tells a story about a man who went to see a psychiatrist because he was extremely depressed and the psychiatrist just could…
Lamentations 3 – The first 20 verses of chapter 3 recall the conditions that God has allowed to take place which has brought immense grief to Jeremiah’s heart. He…
Leviticus 15 – Reading this chapter on discharges making both man and woman unclean is hard to grasp why this was addressed. These are natural things that happen. These…
Leviticus 14 – In great detail, God instructs the priests how to handle and as one commentary states, cleansing a leper or his home. These laws and instructions are…
Revelation 19 – The darkness of man’s hearts and ways had reached the darkest of times. He no longer looked toward the God of their fathers, but instead searched…
Revelation 13 – Back in the 80’s an American Hip Hop Band emerged from the streets of New York. They pretty much took the music industry by storm. Their…
Revelation 4 – There is a throne where the Lord God Almighty sits. It is a room where every thought is made right; every act of betrayal is redeemed. It…
Jeremiah 17 – Sometimes our trust seemingly rests on government and their leaders. This has been going on since the beginning of such structures. Throughout the ages people have…
2 Chronicles 16 – Loyalty. It’s the state of being faithful to ones commitments or obligations. We see a lot of disloyalty these days. It finds itself…