Relationship – The Arnold Journey

Leviticus 26:12 Restoration

Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. One of the news stories to come across my feeds repeatedly over my life has been the desire of humans to develop some type of utopian society. They want to extend their lives, have justice for all, liveContinue reading “Leviticus 26:12 Restoration”

Death! – Romans 7:4

Romans 7:4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. As I get older, as all of us do, I have noticed with everContinue reading “Death! – Romans 7:4”

Rolling Justice

Amos 5:24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! There are moments in life when the very fiber of our being cries out, “Justice!” We see an event, someone being deprived of justice and we just want to do something. We write on cardboard and staple it to aContinue reading “Rolling Justice”

Prayer’s Powers

Mark 9:28-29 Sometimes we look at prayer as our last resort tool, the tool we pull out when we have tried everything else and don’t know what to do. We act like praying is equivalent to rubbing the magic lamp hoping the genie will materialize and grant us three wishes. The more we prayContinue reading “Prayer’s Powers”

Magical Thinking

Mark 5:27-29 I love children’s stories. They are filled with imagination and outside of the box thinking. There are no limits to what can happen in a child’s story. The forces that keep us grounded, like gravity, are suspended. In the imagination anything is possible. We can travel anywhere in any time, past, presentContinue reading “Magical Thinking”

Listening?

Proverbs 15:29 Have you ever felt like the LORD was far away? Notice that I said ‘felt’ like. Since the LORD is omnipresent, He is everywhere, all the time. He is not confined to some physical space or time. That being said, our proverb declares that He is far from the wicked. How isContinue reading “Listening?”