“Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us ….. The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.” (Deuteronomy 1:22 NASB). The giants were this big! The Lord had just spoken to Israel […]
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They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword (Numbers 31:8 NASB). Balaam was a complicated man. We see in him strokes of righteousness and prophetic […]
Used with permission by Microsoft So Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab (Numbers 22:21 NASB). Balaam was intent on following his own path. God often uses the base things of this world to speak to His people. God had already told Balaam that he should […]
Image used with permission by Microsoft 35 And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!” 36 And when the Ark was set down, he would say, “Return, O Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel!”(Numbers 10: 35-36 NLT) In this portion of […]
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to Hispurpose (Romans 8: 28 NASB) Visions of how I would spend the money danced in my head! In July of 2014 my brother and I were approached by an agent […]
Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated. (Deuteronomy 34:7 (NASB) I will turn 70 this month. It’s the big seven-0. But as we move towards the end of our journey, spiritually speaking, should we not still have our vision and passion […]
Sammy’s Skateboard ….in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (I Thessalonians 5: 18 NASB). Sammy could not understand why God would give him something and then take it away. Sammy was a little blond-head boy from the Big Island of Hawaii whose family thought me the value of […]
Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile” (Mark 6:31a NLT). Jesus said this to his disciples because they had become so busy that they did not have time to eat. I am really busy is one of the most common retorts today when asked how you […]
And you may not approach my altar by steps. If you do, someone might look up under the skirts of your clothing and see your nakedness. Exodus 20:26 NLT The Lord instructed Moses to build the altar low to the ground to prevent exposing the nakedness of the priests, but there may have been a […]
…“O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham” (Genesis 24:12 NASB). A man we only know as Abraham’s servant was given a task to do that would affect the destiny of a family and eventually a whole nation. God choses obscure and […]