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October 31 is now past, but I need to tell you some of God’s timing that I did not know until this trip to Israel. Most of us probably did know that this date was the 500-year anniversary of Martin Luther’s action that helped to trigger the reformation. Five hundred...

Our lives are in His hands. Have you ever stopped to think that the enemy would like to kill every believer in the world so that the witness of Jesus would be eradicated from the earth – no witness of Jesus would be found anywhere? Like David, “[Our] enemies are in...

Jesus was the world's best encourager. He saw more in people than they saw in themselves. He saw their destiny and He called it forth. "In this world we are like him," John told us (1 John 4:17). One of our roles is to encourage: to see more in people than they see in...

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39 I love the fact that, though Jesus rarely answered questions outright, usually responding with a question, there was one occasion when this was not the case. “Which is the greatest commandment?” He was asked, and...

Don’t know why I was so struck recently with those last words of Jesus when He said:“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me" (Matthew 28:18). ALL! In heaven! On earth! He’s ultimately in charge of everything! That’s the reason He can assure us that...

"Now then, tell my servant David," God told the prophet Nathan, "This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone" (1 Chronicles...

Amazing how we can read Scripture over and over and still get moments of revelation that are totally fresh, like something we’ve not seen before. This happened to me recently when I was pondering the “the LORD’S appointed festivals (Lev.23:4). No report of God’s...

All Bible readers will remember the story of Moses, when he was arguing with God about his ability to lead Israel out of Egypt: "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" "What if [Israel does] not receive me or listen to me?" "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither...

Yes, God uses the sun and the moon to mark seasons and signs. "And God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years'" (Gen. 1:14). And yes, eclipses of...

First things first! I’ll never forget Bob Benson’s illustration about the buttons on a shirt. Get the first button right, and all the others will be in line. Get that first button wrong, and the whole shirt will be lop-sided. Some things Godly are more important than...

A part of my own personal vision statement is, “I do not dwell on the past.” The key word here is “dwell!” If I need to confess, I confess, but then I let go of it. The Lord does not want me to live in shame or guilt. He wants me to be convicted so that I can confess,...

Nothing new here, but using the King James translation (as well as the Tree of Life Version translation) for the Greek word meno has been hanging onto me for days. I keep going back to it. Trying to pull everything I can pull into me, wanting to “hang” more in/ with...

Strange, but there are scriptures I dread reading! I read one of them again this morning – the story of David and Bathsheba. What horrendous consequences followed the lustful godless decision of one night! Yes, I know God later describes David as a “man after God’s...

“Selah.” Strange word. Appears in Scripture over 70 times. Primarily in the Psalms,but also three times in Habakkuk. When I’ve read Scripture in times past and come across the word with its uncertain meaning, I would almost be annoyed with its interruption to my...

I’ve told you there are scriptures that I dread reading. I’ve read them before, I know what’s going to happen, and I hate to read it again. One of those scriptures is Joshua 9:14. Joshua, a mighty man of God, the man who would stay at the “Tent of Meeting” with the...

Joshua was a Godly man, well schooled in the ways of the Lord. Even in his young years, he often remained behind at the “tent of meeting” with the Lord even after Moses left (see Exodus 33:11). He was God’s chosen successor to Moses, and Israel committed to following...

When Jesus was asked about the most important commandment, His response was, “Listen!” (as The Message translates Mark’s account of the conversation, or as other translations put it) “Hear!” When I am walking strong in the Lord, I find myself continually wanting to...