Inexpressible Joy

Ephesians 3:14-15 “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives it name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory . . .”  Observation: Ever the good pedagogue, Paul is teaching...

Fellowship Restored

2 Corinthians 2:10-11 “But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ, so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of...

Weighing What’s In Me

Judges 11:11 “Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD.” Observation: Jephthah didn’t have a promising beginning. He was the offspring of Gilead’s affair with a...

Sand Castles

Psalm 49:10-12 “Even wise men die; the stupid and senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. Their inner thought is that their houses are forever and their dwelling places to all generations. They have called their lands after their own names, but man in...

Wimp Or Warrior?

1 Corinthians 15:31 “I die daily.” Observation: This simple statement comes in the midst of a discourse by Paul on death and resurrection—on the differences between those who have eternal life in Christ and will be given new and imperishable bodies in the...