“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us’” (Acts 16:9). Paul had a dream. His missionary plans kept getting thwarted by the Holy Spirit. He wanted to push toward the East...
“And the Lord said unto him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.” (Exodus 4:2) Moses carried a rod, a stick, a staff, a piece of wood. It was really all he had to his name at this point in his life. A rod and, oh yes, a...
Reading the Bible, we encounter plenty of instructions and commands. In the first books, the ones written by Moses, there are 613 of them. That’s a lot of rules to keep track of. And we wonder why it is so hard for us to live as God intended us to...
Reading through the gospels, we find interesting moments when Jesus was challenged by the ones who claimed to be servants of God and His Law. In Mark 7, we see that the Pharisees and scribes wanted to know why the disciples of Jesus failed to wash their hands before eating...
Luke 6:45 gives strong motivation to store God's Word in our hearts, letting the Holy Spirit teach us, so that great will be the possibility of (1) our having a word in season for others - delivered at an opportune moment; of (2) our blessing the Lord with the words...
In Luke 17, Jesus provides some indicators about how things will be as His time to return draws near. With this in mind, the Savior starts with a significant instruction to His disciples: “Pay attention to yourselves!” (Luke 17:3). The chapter begins with Christ saying that you can expect offenses...
Get Wisdom and understanding - take in the Word by hearing and reading it. Gird up the loins of your minds, casting down any thought that is not according to His Word and His Nature, and bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Guard your heart with...
Lost things. A sheep. A coin. A son. These things are what Luke 15 is about. Jesus cares for what’s lost. It really is His total focus. He said as much in Luke 19:10: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which is lost.” Lost things...
Eternity – it’s what we are made for. Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us this. Our hearts have something about them that craves mystery and understanding. God did make us to live in time. Actually, this same verse in Ecclesiastes tells that He makes all things beautiful in their time. Our days...
Some days no thoughts come. Too much sugar in last night’s snack? Maybe. The Complexity of a man’s soul; body and spirit also, make for an exciting life of wonder. Victor Frankl defined some of the complexity as the tension between objectivity and subjectivity in a person’s inner being. He...
