by David Keesling | May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 25:17-19 “Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt, how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. Therefore it shall come about...
by David Keesling | May 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by David Keesling | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by David Keesling | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
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 the...
by David Keesling | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by David Keesling | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ephesians 5:8 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” Observation: Paul has just encouraged the Ephesians to “be imitators of God…as dearly loved children…” (Verse 5:1) We are told to be a “fragrant offering” (Verse 2), and to carry not so...