SCRIPTURE Matthew 12:36~37 36 I tell you, on the day of judgement people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned. OBSERVATION How many times have we spoken without thinking? Shared a […]
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SCRIPTURE Matthew 10:19~20 19 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of […]
Although this is not an excuse for neglecting God’s word, today I’m playing catch up because I spent the weekend in bed with a box of tissues and the remote. My furry little buddy, Squeekerz, was also by my side. Now to the SOAP for Saturday and Sunday… SCRIPTURE Matthew […]
SCRIPTURE Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. OBSERVATION Our first priority is to seek salvation through Christ and not worry about the day~to~day issues. God’s promise is that if we live according to His word, […]
SCRIPTURE Matthew 4:1~2 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. OBSERVATION I looked up the word “tempt” in the dictionary and Webster’s defines it as “to cause […]
SCRIPTURE Matthew 1:24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, OBSERVATION I was struck by the obedience to God’s word despite the fear of ridicule and harassment that Joseph surely knew he’d face after people discovered that Mary was […]
SCRIPTURE 2 Chronicles 33:13 He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. OBSERVATION Manasseh was an evil man who did so much wrong in the sight […]
SCRIPTURE 1 Kings 3:9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people. OBSERVATION King Solomon knew that he had the ear of the Lord and whatsoever he prayed would […]
Whoa, cannot believe that we’ve hit day 19 and that we’ve covered 8½ books of the Bible. There are so many stories that I’m reading for the first time and details from other stories that are being re~learned. Reading the Bible for yourself is incredibly different from listening to a minister […]
SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 11:1 You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. OBSERVATION God’s greatest commandment is to love Him above even ourselves and the way to demonstrate that love is to follow His commandments. APPLICATION Why do we […]
Wow! Week 1 of the Bible in 90 Days Challenge is complete! That’s two books ~ Genesis and Exodus ~ read in seven days. I grew up in the church (both of my parents are preachers) and I can honestly tell you, reading the scriptures for yourself is a totally […]