The Plowman

Hosea 10:12 “Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord until He comes and showers righteousness on you.” Observation: Hosea has spent several chapters reminding Israel in...

Heavenly Maitre d’

Amos 4:6, 8, 9, 10, 11: “’Yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the LORD” (NIV). Observation: In each of these five verses God testified of Israel’s sin and established justification for coming judgment. He recounted things He had done to show His commitment to...

Some Assembly Required

1 John 1:1–4 “What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal...

Christian Hedonism

1 John 1:3–4: “We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete” (NIV). Observation: John the apostle was...

Measuring Stick

1 Peter 1:7: “These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed” (NIV). Observation: Peter is encouraging us to keep...