by David Keesling | Jan 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Genesis 15:8 “But Abram said, ‘O Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?’” (NIV). Observation: Abram and God were in the midst of a conversation that would be astonishing were it not so commonplace with them. God had just promised him “great...
by David Keesling | Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 22:1-2, 22-23 “So David…escaped to the cave of Adullum; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him. Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to...
by David Keesling | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 29:11-13 “’For I know the plans that I have for You.’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when...
by David Keesling | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Matthew 20:13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?’” (NIV). Observation: This verse is found within the familiar story of workers hired to labor in a vineyard. Some had been hired early in the...
by David Keesling | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 9:8 “And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’” Observation: God is appearing to Solomon on the occasion of the completion of the...
