Watch Out For Entitlement In Your Heart!
Joshua 24:1-13 Key Verse: “I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.” (Joshua 24:13 CSB) As part of Joshua’s farewell speech to the people of Israel, he reminded them of […]
The Gravity of Sin
Joshua 7:1-26 Key Verse: “In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the Lord selects is to come forward family by family. The family the Lord selects is to come forward man by man. The one who is caught with the […]
The Power To Obey
John 14:15-24 Key Verse: If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, . . . (John 14:15-17 ESV) I recently watched a video of a wind turbine’s blades being installed. These […]
Trusting God When It Seems Impossible
Joshua 6:1-21 Key Verse: Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites—no one leaving or entering. The Lord said to Joshua, “Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.” (Joshua 6:1-2 CSB) When the people of Israel had entered the Promised Land, one of the first and biggest […]
Prepared For Victory
Proverbs 21:31 Key Verse: “A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory comes from the Lord.” (Proverbs 21:31 CSB) Abraham Lincoln was once quoted as saying, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” His point? Preparation is as important as […]
God’s Compassion When I Wander
Deuteronomy 4:25-31 Key Verse: “But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart and all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, in the future you will return to the Lord your […]
Why Trials Can Be Good
Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Key Verse: “Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.” (Deuteronomy 8:2 CSB) When we are walking through difficult […]
Guarding Against Forgetfulness
Deuteronomy 4:1-14 Key Verse: “Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.” (Deuteronomy 4:9 CSB) Amnesia is a condition, typically caused […]
The Rest of the Story
John 14:12-14 Key Verse: Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in […]
On Guard Against Greed
Mark 10:23-27 Key Verse: Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a […]