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- Matthew 22:37-39
Getting Ahead and Being Behind
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 73:1-5 Central Thought: We find our wealth and prosperity only in the Lord Did you ever wonder if God has a…
No Time Off
Today’s Scripture: Luke 9:7-27 Central Thought: We should be as willing to help meet the needs of others as Jesus is to meet our needs…
Grab Hold and Hang On
Today’s Scripture: Luke 8:40-48 Central Thought: Reaching out and touching Jesus is a key to healing Have you ever wondered how…
Master of the Storm
Today’s Scripture: Luke 8:22-25 Central Thought: Jesus has power over storms Storms. Trials. Problems. I don’t like them; none…
Are You Listening?
Today’s Scripture: Luke 8:4-15 Central Thought: Hearing God is an every day choice There is a commercial on television for cell phone…
Keep it Real!
Today’s Scripture: Luke 7:36-50 Central Thought: True humility is the key to correct worship ‘Keep it real!” This is a popular…
Rise and Live
Today’s Scripture: Luke 7:11-16 Central Thought: Jesus can raise up your dead spirit Have you ever felt like you just wanted to give…
A Successful Pilgrimage
Today’s Scripture: Luke 7:1-10 Central Thought: God desires us to walk under and in His authority Faith, power, and authority are…
Reaching the Nations
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 67: 1-7 Central Thought: God wants the message of His salvation to reach every nation In this short Psalm we…
A Generous Heart
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 11: 24-26. Central Thought: I need not be rich to have a large heart Jesus pointed out to His disciples…
Barbs in Your Eyes
Today’s Scripture: Numbers 33:55,56 Central Thought: Old sinful habits that are brought into my new spiritual life will bring pain. I…
A Jewel of Gold in a Swine’s Snout
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 11:22 Central Thought: Verbal indiscretion is as foolish as placing a gold ring in a pig’s nose In…
Thirst for God
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 63: 1 Central Thought: When I, like a deer, am harried in the hunt and become thirsty enough, I will come at…
My Weakness, God’s Strength
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 62:1-12 Central Thought: My strength is found only in God Little boys like to show how strong they are by…
Kindness Quotient
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 11:16-17 Central Thought: ‘Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see”…
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Ten Concepts of a Healthy Marriage
You have just been introduced to all the Basic Concepts that I use whenever I try to save a marriage. If you apply them all to your…
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God’s Promise to Abram
In Genesis 12:2-3, God offers Abram a twofold promise: a land and a seed. These motifs dominate much of the rest of Genesis, as God ensures…
God’s Favor Matters Most
Have you ever felt discriminated against for matters outside your control? As Jacob’s parents showed favoritism toward particular sons, so…
God reaffirms his promise to Jacob
Fulfilling God’s promise Sometimes in roundabout ways that I could not have imagined, God has brought my life around to fulfill a specific…
God Uses Weak People
Have you ever wondered if God could use someone like you? People in the Bible often wondered that also. Why a Genealogy? One person who…
The Call to Go in Faith
God calls Abram to leave behind everything familiar to him from his past and entrust his destiny to God’s promise. For Abram, this…
The Accusation of Potiphar’s Wife
Years ago it looked as if my life and ministry were over on account of some matters over which I had no control. I took comfort in the story…
Taking Responsibility
Joseph accuses his brothers of wrongdoing. Regarding his silver cup, the “you” in Genesis 44:15 is again plural. Not realizing that Joseph…
Judah and Tamar
The shift in scene from Joseph to Judah and Tamar in Genesis 37:36—38:1 is interesting. The narrative leaving Joseph just as he is sold into…
Sexual Depravity and a Servant of God
One ancient purpose of this passage is to depict the terrible origins of Moabites and Ammonites. Since Ammonites and Moabites are not a big…
God Preserves His Promise
In obedience to God’s call, Abram journeyed to Canaan (Genesis 12:4). Genesis names some of the places where Abram journeyed (e.g., Genesis…
Feasting in Joseph’s house
When they are taken to the vizier’s house, Joseph’s brothers expect to be enslaved (Genesis 43:18). Instead, shockingly, the involuntary…
Father of Nations and Kings
Sometimes people go around “confessing” things in “faith” that aren’t true, and such words have no effect. There is, however, someone who…
Facing the Past: Preparing for Esau’s Wrath
God’s Protection Rebekah had promised to call Jacob when his brother’s anger subsided (Genesis 27:45), but he had never received such word…
Different Perspectives
What we see sometimes depends on the lens through which we view reality. What is right in our eyes may be wrong (Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs…
Challenging sexual double standards: Judah vs. Joseph
Judah’s voluntary sexual misbehavior contrasts starkly with Joseph’s refusal to sin sexually even under duress. Judah found himself doubly…