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He Will Catch Us When We Are Falling
2021-09-02 17:21 Psalm 38:17-22. David laments. "For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me," I am sorry for my sin and I have confessed, yet those who hate me without cause are many. Because I am pursuing go...
Lies, Deception, Family Disharmony - God Uses it All for Good
2021-09-01 10:44 Genesis 27:18-27. This is the scene where Jacob, encouraged and instructed by his mother, fools and lies to his father Isaac in order to cut his older brother Esau out of his inheritance. Isaac is abo...
Good Leaders Put Their People First
2021-08-31 15:50 1 Kings 1:38-40. A short scene of the anointing of Solomon as King of Israel. King David, Solomon's father, has directed this while he is still alive in order to put to rest any debate upon his de...
Faith Brings Trust, Trust Brings Peace
2021-08-30 13:15 Daniel 3:66-68. These are the ending verses of the praise Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael give to the Lord while being saved in the fiery furnace. These three, along with Daniel, were raised up in the ...
Pursue Wholesome Things
2021-08-29 15:49 Wisdom 1:12-15. Do not invite death into your life by the error of your ways. God did not make death and takes no pleasure in it. God created all things to exist, not to die or be destroyed. "The gene...
God Sends Each of Us the People We Need
2021-08-28 13:05 1 Samuel 16:11-13. Samuel has been sent to Jesse and his sons to anoint the new king of Israel. Samuel has seen all of Jesse's sons except David and, though they are tall and strong, God says no, ...
Help Often Comes from the Most Unexpected Places
2021-08-26 20:47 2 Maccabees 1:11-17. A short story praising God for delivering "judgment upon those who have behaved impiously." The army of Antiochus, a force that seems irresistible, makes a pit stop in Persia at t...
We're Losing Our Mojo (Actually, It's Being Taken From Us)
2021-08-25 11:57 Hosea 4:4-10. Through Hosea, God is chastising his people for once again falling into great sin. Because of it, the land and all creatures are languishing. But, God says, don't contend with or acc...
Priorities
2021-08-24 16:31 1 Timothy 6:9-12. Paul warns Timothy about the temptation of wealth. Those who desire to be rich open themselves to ruin and destruction "For the love of money is the root of all evils". Timothy shoul...
Be the Change!
2021-08-23 16:20 1 Maccabees 2:1-13. This is a lament of Mattathias, father of five sons, including Judas Maccabeus. Mattathius saw the blasphemies being committed in Judah and Jerusalem and laments that he is living ...