Posted in obedience on May 7th, 2015
Psalm 105 is a description of how God delivered the Hebrews out of Egypt with divine protection and provision.
It’s a quick read that illustrates the power and purposes of God.
You can check out that passage and others in today’s One-Year Bible reading by clicking here.
The psalm provides a marvelous picture […]
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Posted in obedience on May 14th, 2014
King Saul of the Old Testament was a real mess.
In a way, one almost feels sorry for how tormented he felt, though it was of his own doing.
We don’t know all the “back story” of why this handsome, tall, sometimes-courageous man from a good family had borderline-schizophrenia issues.
We just know that he was the poster […]
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Posted in obedience on Nov 15th, 2013
I love the vivid, sometimes veiled nature of scripture.
“What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?”
These words from Psalm 114:5 remind me that God is almighty and that immense power of nature is but a pawn in His hands.
God wanted to deliver His children to safety away from the pagan army […]
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Posted in obedience on Apr 12th, 2013
The body has an amazing ability to retain strength and wellness when we don’t corrupt it with unhealthy food, vices or thoughts.
But there is this human tendency to do things like eating too much salt and grease and sugar or like falling into the pits of lust or bitterness or greed or vain independance […]
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Posted in obedience on Mar 21st, 2013
We all heard the phrase during our childhood, “Do it because I said so.”
Perhaps it was parent or grandparent.
For years, we did things because they told us to do them.
But adolescence breeds independence and that sometimes devolves into a non-compliant path that isn’t good.
Hopefully, logic and love and faith guide your decisions today as they […]
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