GENESIS 20:1-6 – From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a…
GENESIS 5:24 – Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” Imagine a stranger takes a walk through a cemetery. This individual is reading the words on the various gravestones. By the way, take an unhurried stroll through a cemetery soon. Do so for a few reasons. First, a walk outside is good exercise. Next, as we…
GENESIS 3:1-7 – Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God…
HEBREWS 12:1-2 – Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the…
PSALM 26:2-3 – Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind. For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness. There are times in the Christian life we feel like the Apostle Paul – For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For…
1 THESSALONIANS 2:11-12 – For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.” What motivates us to live daily for the Lord Jesus? What are the things that tug on our…