Short Straw

Short Straw

Joshua 17:14 “Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying ‘why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance since I am a numerous people whom the Lord has thus far blessed?’” Observation: All the tribes of Israel were being assigned by lot the...
Naaman’s Fury

Naaman’s Fury

2 Kings 5:11 “But Naaman was furious and went away and said, ‘Behold, I thought he will surely come out to me and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.’” Observation: Naaman was a valiant warrior, honored...
My Recurring Governor

My Recurring Governor

Luke 1:41(b): “…and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” Observation: Mary had learned from angel Gabriel that she who had never known a man sexually was to have a baby. Right away she left Nazareth for the home of her elderly cousin Elizabeth who had been...
Intentionality

Intentionality

Romans 1:12 “…each of us by the other’s faith….” Observation: Beginning in verse 11 Paul clearly tells the reasons why he wants to visit the saints in Rome: He wants to impart some spiritual gifts into the believers, thus obtaining fruit from his time among them (v....
Hook, Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker

1 Kings 13:24, 28 “Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road with the donkey standing beside it; the lion was also standing beside it. And he (a lying prophet) went and found his body; the lion had not eaten...
Her Lucky Day

Her Lucky Day

John 8:3-5 “And the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the midst, they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women; now what do...