In Luke, chapter 7, we consider what people value and what makes them worthy. In verse 2, a centurion living in Capernaum highly valued his servant who was sick and at the point of death. The passage does not tell us why the centurion...
In Exodus, chapter 32, we find people giving things up. In verse 3, all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron to make a golden calf to worship in the place of the God who brought them out of Egypt with a strong arm and mighty hand. Oh...
During a prayer meeting this summer, the Lord gave me a word: Goshen. As I listened to the petitions offered during the meeting, the meaning of the word became clear to me: as God shielded the people of the Israel living in the land of Goshen during the time of the plagues inflicted upon the...
How did God treat Adam and Eve after they first sinned? Did he immediately carry out the ordained punishment for eating the forbidden fruit – “in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die?” Did he show himself to be a God of wrath, of fury, of righteous...
God’s appearance: In Genesis, chapter 12, the Lord spoke to Abram. In chapter 15, He came to Abram in a vision. In chapter 17, He appeared and spoke. God’s instructions: In chapter 12, the Lord told Abram, “Go.” In chapter 15, “Fear not,” and...
Inspired by Galatians 2:20-21: “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside God’s...
Inspired by Galatians 2:20-21: “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside God’s grace...
Inspired by Galatians 2:20-21: “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside God’s grace...
Inspired by Galatians 2:20-21: “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside God’s grace...
Inspired by Galatians 2:20-21: “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside God’s grace...