Then we saw the Nephilim [or giants]… – Numbers 13:33, Amplified Bible When I was in fifth grade my social studies teacher challenged me to enter the annual Optimist Club Oratorical Contest. I accepted the challenge, crafted a downright great speech (so I thought), and arrived on contest day with confidence. Sure, I had a… Continue reading When facing the giants, trust God to overcome.
Let God save you from the hurt.
…ye are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:7, KJV The film October Baby tells the moving story of a young woman named Hannah who finds out that she is the survivor of a failed abortion. By the end of the story, through many tears mixed with constant doubt, she finds her way to… Continue reading Let God save you from the hurt.
Go with God to the mountaintop.
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves…” – Mark 9:2, KJV Imagine hiking up a mountain near your home with a dear friend. After a vigorous climb you rest upon a rock and break out your travel mix… Continue reading Go with God to the mountaintop.
Don’t be like Balaam and Lot.
Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. – Numbers 31:8, KJV Don’t think it can’t happen to you. In Numbers 22, Balak, king of Moab, made his first attempt to hire the prophet Balaam to curse the children of Israel. God communed with Balaam and told him specifically to reject the… Continue reading Don’t be like Balaam and Lot.
If you are fooled, it’s your fault.
…for the people could not have been deceived except by their own consent. – Jeremiah 14:16, Amplified Bible Nobody likes bad news. In the book of Jeremiah, there was a lot of bad news thrown at the nation of Israel, and Jeremiah had the terrible privilege of doing the throwing. In chapter 14, Jeremiah not… Continue reading If you are fooled, it’s your fault.
GIGO: Applies to computers; applies to you.
I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me. A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person or thing. – Psalm 101:3-4, Amplified Bible I learned a phrase… Continue reading GIGO: Applies to computers; applies to you.
God will take optimism over pessimism any day.
But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it. – Numbers 14:24, Amplified Bible Have you ever wondered why the best motivational speakers and writers make so much money? It’s because they know… Continue reading God will take optimism over pessimism any day.
God likes giving stuff to His kids.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? – Matthew 7:11, KJV I recently met a fellow for the first time who turned out to be a brother in Christ. We… Continue reading God likes giving stuff to His kids.
It’s not character; it’s communication.
Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];” – 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Amplified Bible Poor Aaron! How easily he, though second in command in Israel, was led astray rather than leading the way! In Exodus 32 he was quickly persuaded by the multitude to make the golden calf. In Numbers 12 he was easily persuaded by his… Continue reading It’s not character; it’s communication.
Hey, take a look at what God made! It proves He exist.
For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification]. – Romans 1:20, Amplified Bible Intelligence… Continue reading Hey, take a look at what God made! It proves He exist.