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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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The Flesh in the Book of Romans
Neoplatonic and gnostic dualism absorbed by later Christianity denied that the body was good, and many scholars today, reacting against this…
Suffering and Exploitation in Revelation
Does Revelation have any relevance for today? Among the points where the book’s message might help people today is its challenge to the…
You Will Know Them by Their Fruit
The false prophets in Matthew 7:15 claim to have prophesied, exorcised and effected miracles by Jesus’ name. (Matthew 7:22) Although Matthew…
Alene- Chapter 28
Adora hit the ground with a thud as men and women all around her laughed. For the last few hours, she’d been tied to the back of Gryphon’s…
Joseph’s Further Exaltation
Now that Joseph’s family is reunited in Egypt, God blesses all of Joseph’s family through him. Pharaoh’s favor for Joseph’s family (Genesis…
Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers
Joseph had been “controlling” himself since Genesis 43:31, but he could not control himself any longer (Genesis 45:1). Joseph sends everyone…
The Test – Have Joseph’s Brothers Changed?
Joseph orders his household manager to return his brothers’ money in their sacks and also to place his silver cup in Benjamin’s sack…
Alene- Chapter 27
“Oh, come now, Adora.” Draco smiled, taking the girl’s hand. “Your father doesn’t need to know.” The girl sighed, “Draco, I really do care…
Joseph Receives the Double Portion
As noted earlier, Jacob gives Joseph the double portion allotted to the firstborn son. Because the double portion meant that the first son…
Jacob’s Wives Agree with His Plan
In Jacob’s culture, husbands held the final say. Further, God has spoken, and since Jacob has heard him, Jacob must do what God has…
Jacob’s Faith for the Future
The Future Beyond Us Sometimes God’s promises are for the future, even beyond our own lifetimes. We can trust, however, in his reliability.…
Jacob’s Breeding Techniques
Magic Versus Blessing Jacob’s breeding techniques (Genesis 30:38-42) seem strange to modern readers. Is it really true that if you mate…
Jacob Gets Esau’s Blessing
Rebekah had heard from God that the elder would serve the younger, and thus she urged her (slightly) younger son Jacob to get the blessing.…
Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons
Jacob passes on a great legacy to Joseph’s sons. He blesses them not only with a physical inheritance, a promise for the future land, but…
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…