Posts from 2021

Every one of us has done things which, after the fact, we realize that thing that we did was not the smartest thing in the world. As a teenager, I worked a very physical job and took risks with my body. I was young and with that mindset of knowing it all and invincibility that most teenagers have, I threw my body around. In one case, I can home with a black and blue (mostly black) bruise on my back…

Over the decades of serving the Lord, and desiring souls to be saved, I have watched our society change. Things that the average person considered to be sin 30 years ago is no longer thought of as sin.  One such thing would be living with an intimate partner without being married.  We would say the couple was living together, or “shacking up.” God calls it fornication. Today, many couples see no need or benefit from being married. The result of…

In John chapter 11, we read the well known story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. The Lord learns that Lazarus is ill. He waits before he departs. By the time He arrive, Lazarus has been in his tomb for a total of four days. After dealing with the sisters of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, the Lord makes His way to the tomb. He commands those men who are present to roll the stone away from the tomb. Once…

In Matthew 17, after Jesus comes down off the Mount of Transfiguration with Peter, James, and John, they run into a man with a son who is a lunatic. The young man falls into the fire, then the water. His body is being ripped apart. His mind is gone. The remaining nine disciples are unable to help the boy or the dad. These confused disciples, who had already been out and had the power of God flow through them are…

It is a problem that churches have. It is a problem that we have as individual Christian. It is a problem that would derail us in our work for the Lord and in our walk with the Lord if we do not deal with it. The problem has a name and that name is Satan. Consider what the Bible says. Zechariah 3:1-2 “And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing…

One of the incredible things about the book of Amos revolves around who Amos is. He is not a priest. He never went to Bible College. He was neither a theologian or a scholar.  He was just a guy who was employed in keeping cattle. In other words, you could say he was an old-time cowboy.  Yet, God used him in a great way to reach Israel with the Word of God. Amos 1:1 “The words of Amos, who was…

When Nebuchadnezzar calls upon his wise men, his advisors to tell him what he has dreamed and the meaning thereof, they protest. They declare it cannot be done. Daniel, however, comes to the king and declares that it can happen. It cannot happen by the power of man, but only by the power of God. So God can handle things that we cannot.  For you and me, we should recognize what the Lord can do in our lives. Verse 11…

As Jeremiah laments over the fall of Jerusalem, God gave him the following words to begin Lamentations 2:17. “The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old.” If we think about this sentence for a minute, it holds so much of how God works in it’s words. Let’s break it down. The Lord hath done that which He had devised.  God had a plan. What happened…

The song says “On Christ the Solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.” Do we really get it when we sing it? Isaiah 30:16 give us an understanding of how great of the solid rock Christ is for us. “Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” As that Solid Rock, Christ…

If we are Christians, called by the name of Jesus, then we are called to the work of God. Not everyone has the same work to do within God’s plan, which is the local church, but everyone is called to the work. So what does it take to do the work of God? Ezra 5:2 says this. “Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which…

1 Chronicles 25:6 “All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.” In Romans 12:1, we are called to serve the Lord and God calls it a reasonable service. If we take the Lord at His word, this means if we do not serve him, we are being disobedient…