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...
by David Keesling | Dec 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 2:5 “Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on” (NIV). Observation: Israel had begun their desert wanderings under God’s specific direction. In Deuteronomy 2:4, He had said they were about to...
by David Keesling | Dec 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Psalm 105:43-44 ”He brought out His people with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy; He gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for…” Observation: Psalm 105 is a remarkable record of God’s fulfillment of His covenant...