Look Inward
on December 12th, 2020
But I will rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. (Psalm 75:9) When it comes to closure, if it’s something you really want, you must find it within. You can’t always expect other people to give it to you. Notice the shift in the Psalmist’s language. The Psalmist says in the last verse “as for me, I will praise the God of Jacob.” Up until this point, the psalmist has talked ab... Read More
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Revenge and Healing
on December 11th, 2020
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” (Romans 12:19) If we read the final two verses of Psalm chapter 75, we are exposed to the subtle maturation of the Psalmist. The Psalmist, in the early portion of the chapter, has been on an emotional roller-coaster, addressing his concerns about the wicked, the... Read More
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Figuring Out Why
on December 10th, 2020
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” These popular words of prayer were penned by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. The prayer has been popularized b... Read More
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Unexpected Seasons
on December 9th, 2020
We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds. (Psalm 75:1) Many people today are struggling to find peace and contentment in the face of pain—abandoned by family members, neglected by friends, and dealing with unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Rather than remaining stuck, having a pity party wondering why it happened or when you will receive apologie... Read More
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Under The Surface
on December 8th, 2020
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! (Psalm 27:14) In her book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson tells the story of a heatwave striking the normally frozen tundra of Siberia in 2016. In a region of the world that is normally frozen, temperatures rose to over 95 degrees, wildfires flared, and pockets of methane bubbled beneath the... Read More
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Fake People Are Dangerous People
on December 7th, 2020
There was a man in Maon, whose property was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite. (1 Samuel 25:2-3) I read the other day about a woman who described her exper... Read More
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Money Isn’t Everything
on December 6th, 2020
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:19-21) Our culture today is one that values money and wealth. If ... Read More
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Look Beneath The Surface
on December 5th, 2020
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7) By reading the story of Abigail and Nabal, we can see that bad relationships can form when the people within the relationship prioritize the wrong things. A... Read More
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Complete In Christ
on December 4th, 2020
And in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. (Colossians 2:10) A few years ago, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “Marriage responds to the universal fear that a lonely person might call out only to find no one there.” Here he associated marriage as a response to the “universal fear” of being single, where singleness is projected as a ... Read More
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Singleness Is Not A Problem
on December 3rd, 2020
There was a man in Man, whose property was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite. (1 Samuel 25: 2-3) I was wondering why Abigail and Nabal (a fool) were in a rel... Read More
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Don’t Settle For A Fool
on December 2nd, 2020
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite. (1 Samuel 25:3) In our text, we have recorded a rather fascinating narrative about a woman named Abigail who is married to a man named Nabal. In one sense it seems as if she has so much going on for her. She is described as smart and attractiv... Read More
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Seek God First
on December 1st, 2020
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple…And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” (Isaiah 6:1, 5) As people of faith, we are summoned from time to time to wrestle with the times in which we ... Read More
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Making Good From Bad
on November 30th, 2020
All things work together for the good of them that love God and are called according to His promise. – Romans 8:28 One of the most amazing, mind-blowing attributes of God is that He can use both the good and bad in our lives to accomplish His will. The woman who the prophet Hosea is to marry has a bad reputation in society as a prostitute. She stands for that which is considered unseemly; she sta... Read More
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God’s Approval Over Man’s Approval
on November 29th, 2020
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. – Galatians 1:10 It’s one thing to say that we should be open to God speaking and moving in unorthodox ways, but it’s another thing to live it. And Hosea, the prophet of God, had to be embarrassed when his relationship and marriage fell outsi... Read More
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Keep Climbing
on November 28th, 2020
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10 Writer Langston Hughes does an amazing job at conveying the principle that life isn’t always easy or clear in his poem “Mother to Son.” In this work of poetry, the mother says to her son, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” In other words, life is... Read More
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An Unconventional Path
on November 27th, 2020
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.” – Hosea 1:2 In our text today, God colors outside the lines in the life of Hosea the Prophet. Hosea is the eighth century prophet whom the Lord instructs to marry a prostitute. Most people, when concep... Read More
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A Script For A Good Life
on November 26th, 2020
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. – Proverbs 19:21 If you are looking for God’s will in a conventional way, you just might miss God altogether. Think about it. If you take a look at Scripture and the accounts of God’s character, He rarely takes the conventional, predictable path as He guides His children. No one would have understood why... Read More
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His Greater Plan
on November 25th, 2020
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. – Ephesians 3:20-21 Understanding that God establishes plans that are often so different from our own plans doesn’t come easily for His children and for believers. But whe... Read More
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