I don’t normally do two posts in one day, but I was reading an older (okay 2 days old) post by Skip Moen and I came across this explanation of what it means to fear God: God invites me to walk hand-in-hand, but when I feel the grasp of His fingers, I am aware that…
I can’t help but laugh at the almost comical difficulty I’ve had with the paperwork process necessary to secure the job I was recently offered. I’ve had difficult-to-obtain evaluations, duplicated accounts which needed explanation and clarification, overlooked faxes, forgotten reviews, and now the most recent iteration – fingers that won’t fingerprint! Yes, that’s right. I…
Jeremiah 5:22Do you have no respect for me? Why do you not tremble in my presence? I often think of God as a loving, Abba Father, whose lap I can snuggle into and be safe and warm. And this is true of Him. But He is also Almight God, Judge of humanity. He does love…
My children have been getting up with me at 5:00 am, so my time to spend in God’s Word has been greatly shortened (read: almost eliminated). But, here are a few small treasures that I’ve found in the last few days from sermons or other places. Our church is doing a “God Is” sermon series…
Numbers 17:4-5Put these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I meet with you. Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the murmuring and complaining against you. The context of these two verses is that the…
Romans 1:19 says that all people instinctively know the truth of God because He puts that knowledge in our hearts. But some people choose to push that knowledge away because then they can do what they want. The chapter goes on to say that God allowed them to do all the depraved things they wanted,…
Isaiah 8:11-14a11 The Lord has given me a strong warning, “Do not think like everyone else does. Do not be afraid that some plan … will be the end of you. Do not fear anything except the Lord Almighty. He is the Holy One. If you fear Him you need fear nothing else. He will…
