Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ 9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’ (Judges 9:8-9 NASB) There is a simple […]
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The Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, for Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has delivered me.’ (Judges 7:2 NASB) In Israel’s battles with their enemies God seems to delight in placing them as an underdog. George […]
Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” (Judges 4:8 NASB) Deborah and Barak formed a relationship based on mutual need and a common desire to position the purposes of God above theirs. Both were […]
In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary (I Corinthians 12:22 NLT). In the Body of Christ the weak generally understand that they need the strong, but do the strong understand their need for the weak? Does the head on a physical body have […]
For if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me (II Corinthians 12:6 NASB). The Apostle Paul was a man of humility. […]
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death (II Corinthians 7:10 NASB). There is right and wrong type of sorrow in the Bible. One leads to life and one to death. Peter and Judas both failed […]
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? Hebrews 12:3,7 NKJV) As a Christian have you ever been in a […]
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? Hebrews 12:3,7 NKJV) As a Christian have you ever been in a […]
The Critical Eighteen Inches Part 3 The Journey from Head Knowledge to Heart Revelation Have you ever been envious or jealous of someone, maybe even the unrighteous? Of course we have, because we have what the Bible calls the “old man.” The Apostle Paul calls these the “deeds of the flesh”, “Now the deeds […]
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love (I Corinthians 13:13 NASB). Love 101 Have you ever heard of a course in a Bible school or seminary called “Love 101”? There is a reason you don’t have such courses; you don’t learn how to love in a […]