Isaiah 58 – Superficial people. We’ve all endured them. If we’re honest, we’ve probably been one at some point in our lives. Superficial people seem frivolous, self-absorbed, and shallow…
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Isaiah 36 – Deception. The enemy of our souls has used this tactic with God’s creation since the beginning of time. His deception takes that of half truths or…
Isaiah 20 – Many years ago while in Cyprus a friend of mine told a story how God asked him to do something which seemed illogical. He was back…
Isaiah 18 – It’s one of the briefest chapters in Isaiah and according to commentators, the most difficult to understand. Chapter 18 is obscure but there is a truth…
Colossians 2 – Paul is struggling. His struggle not personal but for the people of Colossae as well as those in Laodicea. His concern goes far deeper than just…
Ephesians 1 – Paul wrote a letter. It was not to confront the church on issues, but to encourage. The church was born the day of Pentecost when the…
Galatians 1 – Freedom. Across this globe, there is a longing for freedom from tyranny. There is a desire to be free from the underbelly of sex trafficking. There…
Exodus 18 – Jethro was not an Israelite. Making a sudden reappearance in the story, the timing was everything. As he was not of the Jewish race,…
Exodus 16 – Difficult circumstances lead to stress. More often than not, when a difficult situation inundates us, it is all we think about, talk of and even…
Judges 18 – During the taking of the land under Joshua, the Danites were given land to meet their needs. However, this tribe failed to follow God’s direction and…
Judges 16 – We like to compartmentalize. We take things, events and push them back into compartments of our mind where we simply don’t deal with them any longer. …
Judges 3 – “The Spirit of the Lord came upon him…” Judges 3:10 This phrase is simply a powerful reminder of the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon…
Judges 2 – The stage is set. The unraveling of Israel is about to take place as leaders would rise and lead people forward. When the leader passed, the…
2 Thessalonians 3 – There is a battle raging against each of us that is unseen. Beneath our daily life a spiritual attack goes on. The spiritual…
2 Thessalonians 2 – Lawlessness – contrary or without regard for the law; unruly, unrestrained. The word is found in both the Old and New Testament but…
Job 40 – Weve probably all done it. Things didnt go well. We didnt get our way. We lost the promotion. The sickness led to death. Finances turned downward….
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…
Job 8 – Bildad, Jobs second friend now speaks. Talk about a windbag. Hes blunt, unsympathetic, and has made up his mind as to why Job suffers. With friends…
Job 7 – There is a strange phenomenon the older you get. It feels like time flies faster than it ever did. Like, its crazy actually. Years at times…
Ezra 10 – The book of Ezra opens with the people of Israel in captivity, the temple in ruins. As the story unfolds, Ezra recounts the return. There were…
Ezra 9 – After a 4 month, dangerous journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, Ezra arrived to find things not as he had thought. A culture of compromise within his own…
Matthew 13 – Jesus taught in parables and this chapter is chock of several tremendous truths. Truths that to the hearers either they ‘got’ or they didn’t. …
Matthew 10 – In the choosing of the disciples, it is obvious he didn’t decide who ‘qualified’ for the job based on pedigree or social standing. They…
Matthew 6 – Within the times of which Jesus spoke, there were 3 pillars of a godly life the Teachers of the Law taught. They proclaimed if…
Proverbs 9 – 2 tables have been set. 2 invitations given. The choice is ours as to where we will pull our feet up under and feast upon what…
Titus 1 – Titus was a Greek Believer. Originally a listener to Paul’s message, he embraced it and was taken under Paul’s wing. In time he stood before the…
2 Samuel 17 – “You can run, but you can’t hide…” the famous statement goes. I’m not sure who coined this phrase but it plays deeply…
1 Samuel 24 – In the political age of which we live, we all have opinions about the current status of our country. We hold thoughts about…
Romans 13 – Nothing is worse than a short night’s sleep. It feels as though the moment your head hit the pillow, the alarm went off. Throughout…
Romans 3 – Paul paints a very hopeless and depressing picture through these chapters. As he hammers against those who use the Law to justify their behavior, lists specific…
1 Kings 15 – The next two chapters tell of the legacies of several kings who rose and led both Israel and Judah. For the most part…
1 Kings 11 – For all the wisdom Solomon had, his heart led him in foolishness. It’s really quite astounding when you consider what we’ve read so…
Genesis 50 – Joseph was a man who had such a tumultuous life. I am overwhelmed with the great sorrow he endured throughout the years…
Genesis 24 – The story of Isaac and Rebekah is truly remarkable and beautiful. God placed within Abraham that this only son of his must…
Genesis 11 – The Tower of Babel came about in man’s thinking as a rebellion to the one and true God. It was part of Nimrod’s Kingdom…
John 13 – It was the last night of his life. As John opens up this chapter he states Jesus “showed the full extent of His love.” (John13:1) In…
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…
Nehemiah 4 – Discouragement is a terrible thing. The insidious feeling of being overrun and fighting defeat sinks to one’s bones…
Nehemiah 1 – Brokenness surrounds us. Many times it is overwhelming. Marriages are in disarray. Addictions drive the addict to things they…
Malachi 2 – God comes after the priests. They weren’t honoring His name in their duties as well as at their home. They had failed to set their…
Zechariah 4 – Zechariah woke with a start. Before him were lampstands and olive trees. A strange pairing that in the end this vision would…
Zephaniah 1 – The prophet Zephaniah was most unusual as he was from the lineage of royalty, specifically King Hezekiah. His name means…
Habakkuk 2 – “The righteous shall live by his faith.” – Habakkuk 2:4 God answered Habakkuk and in essence it was, “I’ve heard you. I’m at work…
Habakkuk 1 – There are times we all have questions. Many of these questions go to the heart of things as we look at our world, our life even…
Amos 9 – In the final chapter of Amos and from the 5th vision of Amos, destruction, and ruin for Israel is foretold. There will be nowhere to hide…
Joel 2 – There is a warning, a bold call to repentance and promise found in this chapter. Joel foresees and speaks of the devastation coming to the land…
Hosea 5 – Sometimes there’s nothing more to say when we pray for someone so lost in their ways. Sometimes they need to be completely turned over to God…
Daniel 3 – “…but even if He does not…” What would it be like to live with such thought in everything we do? Every way we live? How would…
Psalm 139 – Psalm 139 – “It’s not just that God knows everything, He knows me. It’s not just hat God is everywhere, He is everywhere with me. It’s not just that…
Psalm 134 – Psalm 134 – It was a very small group of men who had a very important task. The Levite and priest establishment is found in the book of Exodus….
Psalm 92 – Faith knows no sunsets. Once a year Americans gather together for Thanksgiving. It is a time to give thanks for the many blessings God has given…
Psalm 81 – God is our deliverer despite our wanderings. It is a hymn sung at one of Israel’s many festivals. The Psalm more than likely was sung at…
Psalm 80 – “All will come right if we are right. The best turn is not that of circumstances but of character. When the Lord turns his people he…
Psalm 79 – Sin holds consequences. Willful choices and deliberately shutting out God’s words of instruction, doing what we want instead eventually catches up. Sometimes it’s a question of…
Psalm 73 – There’s a saying, “You best be careful what you wish for.” The thought behind this phrase is a warning. If the wish comes true, there could…
Psalm 70 – There are many things that decimate our outlook and well being. These are what leads us to the pit of despair. It’s that moment when a…
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 55 – Sometimes we want to run away. Life has become a never-ending story of the same thing different day. We wish it would end but for the…
Psalm 52 – We’ve all encountered it. A situation or a person seemingly gets away with murder. In fact, this is what David wrestles through as he revisits the…
Psalm 48 – Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. When the illness has taken a turn, the doctor’s words are not encouraging; even when…
Psalm 42 – Our bodies are made up of 55 to 65 percent of water. When an individual does not drink water to re-hydrate things can go south fast. …
Psalm 32 – Confession is an admittance of wrong. It is owning up to what we’ve done with “The Blame Game” put away. Confession is not making excuses. With…
Psalm 25 – Deceit is everywhere. Little lies turn into big beliefs. Words without meaning behind them mislead. False teachings abound and we so easily latch onto something that…
Mark 11 – False advertising. At one point or another, we’ve all been ‘had’ by it. We’re promised something, looks like it will do exactly what we were…
Deuteronomy 22 – “Finders keepers, losers weepers” or so the childhood rhyme goes. In so many ways, God’s laws were practical. His purpose was for His people to exercise…
Deuteronomy 9 – God’s calling of us is often way too big or grand than we could ever do. In fact, most often He calls us beyond even what…
Ecclesiastes 5 – “Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.” – McLaren The worship of our God begins from deep within. Simply going to church and participating through…
Ecclesiastes 1 – Written over 3000 years ago, much of the message of Ecclesiastes still resonates. Pursuing things, people, objects, power and pleasure bring nothing more than emptiness…
Numbers 27 – It’s known as one of the most beautiful and comforting hymns of all time. Written by Joseph Scriven in 1855 he was inundated with tragedy. As…
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…
Numbers 16 – His name and story within the unfolding of Israel’s struggles is one of the most dramatic. Part of the Levite tribe, Korah was not satisfied with…
Numbers 14 – The loss of perspective brings despair. When we begin to focus on the tangible rather than the ability of God, we will slowly and dramatically fall…
Numbers 13 – “It’s awesome, but…” In essence this was the report back from the spies. God had faithfully called the people to go forward. Moses brilliantly put together…
Numbers 10 – I cannot imagine the task Moses had in leading. Here he was with 100’s of 1000’s and way upward and beyond in numbers, leading all of…
Luke 11 – The man was desperate. An unexpected friend had stopped on his journey for a place to sleep. In ancient times hospitality was a given. Being after…
Ezekiel 24 – The timing of God is something none of us grasp. There are instances where He moves so quickly we’re running to keep up. There are others…
Ezekiel 23 – In an allegory rift with ribald sexuality, this chapter is shocking to us. Imagine the original audience who heard this from Ezekiel. A tale of two…
Acts 23 – “I will bless the Lord forever. I will trust Him at all times. He has delivered me from all fear. He has set my…
Acts 17 – What we need in this church are some troublemakers. What? Seriously. Just hear me out. We need some troublemakers. For this is what the…
Acts 16 – If there ever was a story showing God’s perfect will, His ultimate plan, His bigger picture it is found in verses 6-10. Paul had…
Acts 14 – Soren Kierkegaard tells a story, almost a parable of sorts about the geese who used to make their home on his childhood Danish farm. …
Acts 6 – Have you ever had someone that comes across your path that makes you want to know God better? Someone who simply lives their life,…
Revelation 22 – At the beginning of creation – the Tree of Life was planted in the garden. When Adam and Eve disobeyed, the tree was no longer accessible….
Revelation 21 – We all have our share of sorrows and heartaches. We all have experienced the unending trials at time. We all have sat in the ashes…
Revelation 18 – The persecuted church has always faced the temptation to compromise with the world hoping to ease the tension that is faced while living here. This was…
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 7 – Chapter 6 ended with the dramatic opening of the 6th seal which brought cosmic disturbances that registered off the charts…
Revelation 2 – What if Jesus wrote your church a letter? What would He have to say? What if Jesus wrote you one? What would He speak of concerning…
Jeremiah 51 – It’s a dramatic end to the prophecies of Jeremiah. His final words spoken are against Babylon with great detail of what God will do this nation. …
Jeremiah 32 – It certainly would be a foolish thing to do. Jerusalem had been under siege for a year. Jeremiah was a prisoner of the palace. Yet, in…
Jeremiah 10 – The forest became an idol factory. The people lived in fear of what these pieces of wood carved in some likeness could do them. They relied…
Jeremiah 1 – Success. How do you measure it? Is it ranked by how well you’re doing in your job? What about reaching goals or having wealth? Is success…
2 Chronicles 25 – Amaziah is another example of someone who followed the Lord nominally but did not fully commit his heart…
2 Chronicles 11 – Right time, right place, right words. Ever had someone come across your path that speaks needed truth into a situation and then as…
2 Chronicles 1 – The first book of Chronicles holds such importance as it reveals from beginning to end of peoples need to be in a dependent…