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Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35

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…

Isaiah 31

Isaiah 31

Isaiah 31 – Where’s your trust?  No, I’m serious.  Stop and look at your life at the moment.  The areas that have spun completely out of control.  The relationships…

Isaiah 29

Isaiah 29

Isaiah 29 – We’re all guilty of it from time to time.  Going through the motions with anything we’ve become accustomed to doing can be a deadly careless action….

Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2 – Identity. The dictionary defines identity as the sameness of essential or generic character in different instances; a distinguishing character or personality…

Exodus 19

Exodus 19

Exodus 19 – 3 months into their journey, after walking through the Red Sea they traveled the desert and found themselves at the foot of Mount Sinai. …

Judges 14

Judges 14

Judges 14 – Samson saw with his eyes, wanted in his heart and in the end did what he wanted.  To me, it’s interesting this is the first story…

Job 12

Job 12

Job 12 – Job has had enough. These so called friends of his have all taken their first round of criticizing. His rebuttal drips sarcasm. In essence, his words…

2 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 10 – Rejection is a terrible thing. In particular it’s a hard pill to swallow when you did the right thing, or tried to show…

1 Samuel 9

1 Samuel 9

1 Samuel 9 – Life is filled with so many common events.  What would our perspective be if we looked at even the common occurrences of life…

1 Kings 13

1 Kings 13

1 Kings 13 – It is the strangest of stories. A nameless prophet is sent to speak against the false worship King Jeroboam has established…

John 19

John 19

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…

Esther 7

Esther 7

Esther 7 – “Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, or they will tear me apart like a lion…

Hebrews 12

Hebrews 12

Hebrews 12 – The word ‘therefore’ is an adverb used to introduce a new line of thought as a conclusion to something previously stated…

Hebrews 11

Hebrews 11

Hebrews 11 – “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”– Hebrews 11:1 “By faith…

Zechariah 12

Zechariah 12

Zechariah 12 – Some call it Armageddon. Others refer to it as the Great Final Battle. It is the time prophesied here and through other prophets…

Nahum 3

Nahum 3

Nahum 3 – The proud Nineveh is ripe for judgment here as the final chapter of Nahum speaks toward the demise and sins of this…

Nahum-2

Nahum 2

Nahum 2 – Nahum’s prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh begins. This chapter speaks specifically of its fall and what that will look like but…

Daniel 7

Daniel 7

Daniel 7 – The first 6 chapters of Daniel were historical in nature and inspiring as Daniel was one man who stood firm in times of persecution. His unwavering…

Daniel 6

Daniel 6

Daniel 6 – Daniel was a man of consistency. Here was a man who was in exile who never wavered in his faith or trust. The seasons changed continually…

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

Psalm 76 – Our God is known.  He continues to reveal Himself and His works even though some deny.  His knowledge renown.  We do not worship like the ancient…

Psalm 58

Psalm 58

Psalm 58 – There is an expectation we often have that people in leadership will act and move with integrity.  This can be translated from leadership within the church,…

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

Psalm 57 – We all encounter it from time to time.  Someone speaks against us.  Sometimes these words are easily brushed off and we go on.  Other times it…

Psalms 56

Psalm 56

Psalm 56 – “Our God is greater Our God is stronger God You are higher than any other Our God is healer Awesome in power our God our…

Psalms 4

Psalm 4

Psalm 4 – It seems to be a fact that no matter what our day has held, what challenge we’ve been facing, what turmoil our life is currently in…

Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 19 – Military might nor political powers could change the course of the nation for Judah.  As we often stand and look upon the horizon of our rising…

Acts 8

Acts 8

Acts 8 – There are so many times that life takes a turn or a twist and it leaves us wondering what in the world God is…

Acts 5

Acts 5

Acts 5 – Never underestimate the tactics or lengths to which the enemy will go to derail the work God is doing.  Never.  When one thing doesn’t…

Lamentations 3

Lamentations 3

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…

Revelation 13

Revelation 13

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 10

Revelation 10

Revelation 10 – “God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.” – Psalms 47:8 There is nothing that happens in this world, in this…

Revelation 7

Revelation 7

Revelation 7 – Chapter 6 ended with the dramatic opening of the 6th seal which brought cosmic disturbances that registered off the charts…

Revelation 5

Revelation 5

Revelation 5 – “I wish I could take every Christian and dangle them over the pit of hell for 30 seconds. This would change the way they live here…

Revelation 4

Revelation 4

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…

1 Chronicles 27

1 Chronicles 27

1 Chronicles 27 – As Colonial Mustard so brilliantly stated in the movie Clue, “This is War Peacock!” there is such truth to this one of many…