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Whose "Stuff" Is It Anyway?

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Psalms‬ ‭24:1‬ [1] The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.Today, let us stop and take inventory of all that we have. How...

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Upside Down for Jesus

Acts 17:6 ”But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.“‭‭In Acts 11,...

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A Demonic Example

Mark‬ ‭5:6‬ [6] When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him.If we read only this verse, we could point out how wonderfully this person responded to seeing Jesus, and being in His presence. We...

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Is It Dead or Alive?

‭‭‭‭James‬ ‭2:24, 26 [24] You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. [26] For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.Is our faith a faith...

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Time To Let Go

‭‭‭‭‭‭Exodus‬ ‭4:2‬, 20 [2] So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” [20] Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of...

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Let It Shine

Exodus 10:21-23 ”Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand...

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The Edge of the Sea

Exodus‬ ‭13:17‭-‬18‬ [17] Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps...

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The One It All Belongs To

Exodus‬ ‭14:15‭-‬16‬, 21 [15] And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. [16] But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide...

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Where Has It Gone?

‭‭‭‭‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20:18‭-‬20‬ [18] Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and...

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What Would He Find?

Matthew‬ ‭24:36‭-‬39‬, 44-47 [36] “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,  but My Father only.  [37] But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of...

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Let It Shine, Let It Shine, Let It Shine

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Exodus‬ ‭27:20‭-‬21‬ [20] “And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. [21] In the...

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We Can At Least Find One

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:1‭-‬7‬ [1] Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. [2] And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with...

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He Knows the Pain of Betrayal

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26:50‬, 56 [50] But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. [56] But all this was done that the Scriptures of the...

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What Is Hindering Us?

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭I Kings 19:19-21 [19] So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of  oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah...

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Is It Salted?

Colossians 4:5-6 [5] Walk in wisdom toward those who  are outside, redeeming the time. [6] Let your speech always be  with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each...

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How Much More

Mark 1:35 [35] Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.As you read this, I ask you, "Have you taken time out,...

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Our Real Family

‭‭‭‭‭‭Mark 3:21, 32-35 [21] But when His own people heard about  this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.”[32] And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they...

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Pied Pipers

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭I Corinthians 2:1-5 [1] And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. [2] For I determined not to know anything...

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Simply Open Our Mouths

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Philippians 1:3-7 [3] I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, [4] always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, [5] for your fellowship in the gospel from the...

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Only He Is the Lord

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Leviticus 22:31-33 [31] “Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the Lord. [32] You shall not profane My holy Name, but I will be hallowed among the children of...

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A Much Needed Reminder

‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭John 21:1-6 [1] After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself:  [2] Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin,...

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At Any Moment

II Timothy 2:1-4 [1] You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. [2] And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be...

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Why, Why, Why?

‭Acts 16:37-38 [37] But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and...

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Onward to Victory

‭‭Luke 4:13-14 [13] Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time. [14] Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out...

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A Dead Life That Lives

Romans 12:1-2 [1] I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which  is your reasonable service. [2] And do not...

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