Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Lessons Learned From Creation

HOSEA 6:3 – Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” In our reading of the Gospels, and I do hope we spend regular times in the Gospels, have we noticed a frequent way Jesus…

The Greatest Gift We Give to People

JOB 2:11-13: Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And…

Many Words-Much Sin

PROVERBS 10:19: When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.” In today’s scripture, King Solomon provides us a strong warning and sound instruction when it comes to the quantity of our speech and the restraint of our speech. The opening of the verse is the warning – When words are many, transgression is not lacking.…

God Never Leads the Easy Way

EXODUS 13:17-18-When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel…