I love bibles. Even though I tend to use my phone more often than an actual bible I still love having and holding the actual book. It makes me happy even to just see them. As a result I have Continue reading Growing Cold (Matt 24:12-13)
Too often we view our calls as individual things to be achieved rather than a piece of a Master’s plan to accomplish a greater goal. Ironically our singular focus often ends up hurting ourselves when the Father doesn’t do things Continue reading Understanding Our Part (1 Cor 3:6)
Today my church got to sow into Haitians Helping Haitians, a ministry led by a dear friend from my previous church. This was our second time supporting HHH, and she was so blessed. Her response back gave me pause to Continue reading Unity in the Body (1 Cor 3:9)
I’m continuing to meditate on John 15, pondering abiding and bearing fruit. As I considered how one bears fruit, Father reminded me that we are pruned that we might bear more fruit. Then He highlighted verse 3 (AMP):
So much can be learned by seeing how Old Testament verses are quoted in the New Testament! I had an “ah ha” moment early this week that caused me to ponder on something I discovered when I dug a little Continue reading Those Who Love, Wait (1 Cor 2:9, Is 64:4)
One of the surest ways to pray prayers that will be answered is to pray in accordance with the Word. I did a similar post to this back in 2003 called Standing on His Word – the principle I’m touching Continue reading How-to Pray the Word
In a couple of previous posts I had made reference to the concept of righteousness and rewards based on personal righteousness (Quadash and Practicing Righteousness). In my bible time today I found a verse that so clearly showed the 2 types Continue reading 2 Kinds of Righteousness (Philippians 3:9)
As I was reading in 1 Peter the other day, a few verses jumped out at me. It has had me pondering NT quotes of the OT and how much we miss as believer because we don’t know the word Continue reading Being Holy (1 Peter 1:14-16)
Since I got a strong word of exhortation on Friday, the Father has had me pondering one of His names: El Roi, which means the God Who Sees. This comes from Genesis 16:13 where Hagar has run away from Sarai Continue reading El Roi [the God Who Sees]
A week ago in my post called Qadash (Holy), I talk about the principle of rewards. Typically when we think of righteousness, we think of what we’ve been given through our Messiah’s sacrifice, but there is our own righteousness as Continue reading Practicing Righteousness (1 John 2:29)
