HeIsGreater

Honest Confession

Ps 30:1 I will exalt you, LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. Do you know someone who has a hard time taking an accurate assessment of themselves? Everyone else seems to be able to see their shortcomings, but they are oblivious to them.Continue reading “Honest Confession”

Human Authority

Psalm 29: 1-2 Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness. Sometimes we think that we are in charge! We think we have control over situations, that we can just wishContinue reading “Human Authority”

Heavenly Bluetooth Speaker

Numbers 7:89 When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law. In this way the LORD spoke to him. Many people want clear and easy, or should I say,Continue reading “Heavenly Bluetooth Speaker”

A Good Spanking

Hebrews 12:8-10 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for aContinue reading “A Good Spanking”

Having a Full Mind

Psalms 26:2-3 Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. During WWII, prisoners of the Germans were forced to labor in camps, often supporting the war effort. Their lives meant little to theirContinue reading “Having a Full Mind”

Unswervingly

Hebrew 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Have you noticed the people weaving back and forth in traffic, desperate to gain a car length in bumper to bumper traffic? I think, “What an idiot!” But I have to admit, sometimes I am that idiot! SometimesContinue reading “Unswervingly”

Disappointment

Hebrews 3:7-8a So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts… Have you ever been disappointed in someone’s behavior? Or perhaps even disappointed in your own behavior! I know I have, on both accounts. So what do we do with that feeling of disappointment? How do weContinue reading “Disappointment”

Extreme Honesty

Leviticus 27:33 “No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.” A person’s Last Will and Testament is usually their last official words spoken by a person. Although they are often readContinue reading “Extreme Honesty”

Don’t Waste It

Leviticus 23:22 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the LORD your God. I was raised in a home where New England valuesContinue reading “Don’t Waste It”

Respect & Contempt

Leviticus 22:9 The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. There is often a way that we look at people that places them in groups. Tall people, for example, are oneContinue reading “Respect & Contempt”