The nation of Israel coward in fear when God’s voice thundered from Mount Sinai. They wanted Moses to be their mediator. So throughout the whole Old Testament, instead of speaking directly, God spoke through His prophets. The nation of Israel had to piece together what God was trying to communicate to them through the prophetic acts and words of the prophets.
These days, God has a new way of communicating . . . .
Read MoreLast week’s devotion reminded me of this one that I had written three years ago. This one is an Old Testament foreshadowing of God’s desire to have us shine for Jesus. . . .
Read MoreYes, God will not share His glory with another. Yet in the book of Hebrews (2:10), it says that Jesus brings many sons and daughters to share in His glory. How can that be? . . . .
Read MoreQuickly make a list of the benefits of believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. What are your top three?
My top three would probably read like this: . . .
Read MoreEthnic hatred has been dissolved by the crucifixion of [Jesus’] precious body on the cross. Ephesians 2:15 TPT
By dying as our sacrifice, Jesus has broken down every wall of prejudice that separated us (Eph. 2:14b) and has brought us back together as one family.
There is an allegorical picture of this in . . .
Read MoreYes, eat all your greens.
Yes, exercise regularly.
Yes, steward your temple.
But our bodies are only a temporary tent, as fleeting and . . .
Read MoreAll Christians celebrated “God’s feasts,” the feasts that God established, until about 300AD. At that time the Emperor Constantine made Christianity the state religion and stripped it of its Jewish roots. He gave us Christmas and Easter instead.
Until I became an avid Bible reader, I thought the feasts . . .
Read MoreJacob (Father of the 12 tribes) was created, but Israel was formed (transformed). Our patriarch, Jacob, wrestled with God by the brook called Jabbok. There God changed his name to Israel. You can review the story in Genesis 32.
I see in this a picture of our regeneration in Jesus Christ. It foreshadows the “born again” experience. Jacob was created, as we all are, . . .
Read MoreGod called me to start this blog to share the “nuggets” that He gives me from His Word. Still, I must confess, that I sometimes listen to the negative voices in my head. The voices that say, “Why do you waste so much time on that blog? No one cares about your ‘nuggets.’ You have nothing to offer. Etc.”
When I succumb to those negative voices . . .
Read MoreEver since I first wrote the devotion entitled “Mercy for the Mean,” the Lord has been nudging me to rewrite it. And I can see why. The original version (I will leave it up for comparison) has no mention of God’s supernatural enabling to forgive in the face of true evil. So here is my second attempt. Please send me an email with your comments.
Read MorePreviously, I had viewed this scripture in the restrictive sense. In other words, God was limiting His grace and compassion by saying this. As if God is saying, only a few people are afforded His grace, but not all.
Actually, the intent of the verse is exactly opposite. God is explaining to Moses about His goodness and . . .
Read MoreMoses was pleading with God in Exodus 33 not to destroy the nation of Israel. The people of Israel had sinned a great sin by breaking their covenant with God and worshiping a calf of gold. This sin was so great that Moses was not sure that the Lord would forgive them. So Moses offered . . .
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