Put Away Worldly Ways God uses man’s attempts to reveal His glory. But once someone comes into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, these methods and ways must be discarded and God’s way as revealed in His word must be adhered to. When the Philistines took the ark captive, God brought a great plague upon […]

The World’s Big Rip-off The world will take the best part of what we have and who we are and then have the audacity tell us what we are to do, and if we don’t follow their instructions, then they will end up taking away our freedom. It’s amazing how we want the world’s ways […]

Waiting on God Waiting is hard. Take Saul for instance. He kept time, and when the time was up so was Saul. The Philistines had gathered to fight against Israel, and there were so many of them the Israelites were leaving in bunches. So Saul waited seven days for Samuel, but when Samuel didn’t come […]

A Refuge in the Storm The world is filled with troubles. Gee, there’s something nobody ever thought about before (tongue in cheek). Jesus not only makes this clear, but He also said that with the troubles we could be at peace because He overcame the world. “I have told you these things, so that in […]

The Golden Rule Lived Out David was relentlessly and ruthlessly chased by King Saul, who was trying to kill him. But it wasn’t because of anything David had done, rather it was because the Spirit of the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul. “Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was […]

The Unhealthy Art of Compromise When we find ourselves compromising in one area, what ends up happening is that we begin to compromise in just about every area of our lives. David compromised his faith by going into the land of the Philistines to escape Saul. God never told David to go, instead David reasoned […]

Spiritual Recidivism Recidivism comes from the Latin word recidivus, which means, “recurring.” It speaks then of a falling back. The most common synonym is to relapse. It speaks of offenders or addicts who continue to fall back to old patterns or behaviors. It speaks of repeating a wrong behavior or relapsing into old habits. In […]

Hell Shall Not Prevail Jesus told His disciples that persecution was coming their way, Mathew 10:16-23, and they should expect nothing less because all of Hell was out to get them. “A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.” (John 15:20) And while tribulation is what […]

Stopping Satan’s Sneak Attacks In the Parable of the Tares, Jesus is talking kingdom of heaven stuff, and how Satan has sown his ringers, his people, within the people of God. And in the story God allows them to remain lest some of God’s people get uprooted in the process of weeding them out. In […]

The Commandments Bring Freedom Some people see God’s commandments as burdensome, because they see them as restrictions to freedom, but in reality they provide the boundaries we need to live in freedom. Let’s say we’re walking down a path and it says, “Cliff ahead, go no further.” Yes it’s restrictive, but only if you believe […]