Familiar with Risk?
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. – Psalm 82:3 Certainly you are all familiar with the game of Risk. If not, here’s a brief rundown. You start by selecting your countries and as the game moves on you fortify around your frontlines. One key strategy […]
More than a plaque
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. – Joshua 24:15 I’ve been in countless homes that have this verse displayed somewhere. And for the most part, those were great homes with really good people. But what does this mean? For Joshua, it meant leading his family into a tremendous amount of […]
What wisdom provides
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse. – Proverbs 2:12 AW Tozer once said, “Wisdom provides a path for the highest good, for the greatest number, for the longest time.” I like that. It gives me something to aspire to. Because we are made in God’s image, there […]
Really important to you
Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Have you ever had a person or a thing that was really important to you? You would do anything to meet this person or this is the one item you would save if there was a fire? It’s the […]
Confound me
Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 There are passages in the Bible that confound me. When I read them I am left struggling to find the proper meaning. This is not one of those passages. The picture painted by this verse is very literal. First, […]
Don’t waste it
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” – Hebrews 3:13a You have an opportunity to encourage someone today. Don’t waste it. It’s so easy to put off an encouraging phone call and wait till we see them. We think, “I’ll see them soon…right?” Maybe someone is coming to mind and […]
A REAL man is simply not easy
Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b Being a REAL man is simply not easy. Men of God are held to a high standard. We are responsible to make sure we are seeking God ourselves and THEN setting an example for […]
Stand and know
For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c What an amazing place to stand in! To know that I don’t have to fret or finagle a solution to my distress. I can stand and know the HE is God, HE works ALL thing out for the good, and HE has my […]
Examples of perseverance
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, – Hebrew 12:1c The first part of Hebrews 12:1 talks about the previous chapter and how the author describes all these people who set examples of perseverance and trusting God. Then he asks us to put our sin aside and THEN he says […]
Addiction is big
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 This verse is simple enough, right? This life can be such a battle sometimes, and what makes that battle harder more times than not is when we concede to the desires of the flesh. Addiction […]