Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time [a]there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.” (John 11:39 NASB) Most people know the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. What would have happened if Martha and the others present at the tomb had refused to […]
Category Archives: Gleanings from the Word
He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.’(1 Chronicles 28:7 […]
Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God. (1 Chronicles 13:10 NLT) David and all Israel had sought to bring the Ark of God back to Jerusalem, a good thing. To transport the […]
“Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting? (Zechariah 7:5 NLT) At times our prayers and religious observances can be an offense to God. We can say and do […]
Ezra stood on the platform in full view of all the people. When they saw him open the book, they all rose to their feet. Nehemiah 8:5 NLT) When the people stood up, it showed respect for what was being read and who was reading it, in that order. Taking the Word of God seriously is the […]
Lovingkindness and Truth Your prophets have said so many foolish things, false to the core.They did not save you from exile by pointing out your sins.Instead, they painted false pictures filling you with false hope. Lamentations 2:14 NLT) People sometimes try to help us and end up hurting us. Hope to be genuine is based on truth. False […]
The Second Coming of Christ Return to the stronghold,You prisoners of hope.Even today I declareThat I will restore double to you. (Zechariah 9:12 NKJV) As Christians, we all have hopes and dreams. God has promised us to keep us in this world, yet our ultimate anticipation should not be in this world but the next. Of course, we should maintain […]
so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 3:10 NASB) The church is God’s theatre to heaven and earth. Without embracing God’s full expression on this earth, the church with all its varied expressions, we will never understand God’s multifaceted wisdom. The […]
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the Lord weighs the motives. Proverbs 16:2 NASB) We can feel pretty good about the things that we do, but we often do not understand why we do what we do. It is possible to give with your hand but not your heart. In […]
Let me relate to you a somewhat embarrassing little story. Yesterday morning I was in the drive-thru lane at a local Chic-fil-A. On Saturday morning, I sometimes pick up a couple of breakfast sandwiches for my wife and myself. As I approached the young lady who was taking orders that morning, I reached for my […]