God’s Will

Have you ever heard someone say they were right in the will of God and it seemed to you that they weren’t?
I see it all the time. I don’t believe a person can be a purposefully sinning and be doing God’s will.
What is sin but to go against the will of God, Continue reading

The Immoral Woman

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil;
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell.
Lest you ponder her path of life — Her ways are unstable; you do not know them. Prov 5:3-6
I read this and it stuck in my mind. Continue reading

Noah, Daniel, & Job – Part 3

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, declares the Sovereign LORD.” Ezek 14:14 NLT
Job is the final person mentioned in this verse.
You know the story of Job; he suffered greatly while three friends tried to convince him that he had sinned.
But there is more to Job’s story. Continue reading

Build a Wall or Tear It Down?

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, Eph 2:14
Do you know what my first thought was when I read that?
I’ll give you a clue; wall of separation.
We hear about this all the time in a different context. Continue reading

The Fullness of The Time

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Gal 4:4
I’m late with today’s Morning Thought because I was quite busy last night and early this morning.
The “fullness of the time” had come for my daughter to give birth to her first child and after going into the hospital late yesterday, she delivered my grandson, Barrett, at 9:11 am this morning. Continue reading

Hold on to His Hand!

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD. Prov 18:22
My great grandparents, John and Dorothea Wise, were married for 68 years, 7 months, 21 days when she died in the early 1970’s.
I thought that was an amazing number of years to be together but the story I read yesterday really touched me. Continue reading

Burn-Out (part 3)

blownWhat I realized is that it is never about “you” or “me” but it must always be about God.
He is the one that cares for “you” and “me”.
Has either of us ever said to each other, “cast your cares upon me, for I care for you”?
But God has said, Continue reading