The Daily Blessing
God commanded Moses to instruct the High Priest to speak a blessing over God’s people. History tells us that this special blessing was recited every evening at the conclusion of the daily sacrifices. In ancient times, a blessing was the primary method of asking God’s divine favor to rest upon others. The words of the daily blessing—selected by God Himself—are a beautiful reminder to us today of what God desires to do in our...
A Look in the Mirror
Even though we may not remember doing so, surely each of us woke this morning and, in the process of preparing for our day, took at least a short look in the mirror. We often get so caught up with the rest of our activities that what we look like is unimportant to us. James 1:23-25 says, “23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth...
God Says I’m Valuable
Lonely. Worthless. Ineffective. Unappreciated. Alone. Lost. Have those words ever been spoken by you, either in the secret places of your mind or verbally, to describe how you felt? Have you been labeled or defined with those words by tactless, heartless people around you? No doubt at some point in each of our lives, the feeling of worthlessness and emptiness has crept in and shrouded our emotions with cold darkness. Perhaps you or...
Time to Build
I heard a message some time ago that I was reminded of recently. The part that arrested my attention had to do with natural desires that every human has. Every human has to varying degrees a desire for pleasure, a desire for possessions, and a desire for power. How one might choose to fulfill those desires is the debate that has raged on from the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. The question has been poised many different ways in...
Why all the rules?
Exodus 19:3-6 In this passage, we see the dramatic story of how God gave the Ten Commandments to His people. They were given for the protection of His people. They were the boundaries in which they could find refuge and provision. When God gave these commandments, He said that He wanted His people to be a ?holy nation.? These were a favored people, and those who are favored must live by a higher standard. Think of a young boy or girl...
The Sifting Process
The disciples had been striving over who was going to be chief among them. James said, “where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.†(James 3:16) So Satan moved into the scenario of the last supper and began stirring the soup that was already simmering. Judas was the weak link, the susceptible one… Nathaniel wasn’t an option – in him there was no guile. John wasn’t an option – he was always...
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