Fed by the Bread of Life

John 21:9 “So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread.” Observation: Seven of the disciples, including some hard-core fishermen, had just spent a long night fishing without a single catch. These men were no...

Failing Fathers

1 Samuel 8:3-5 “Samuel’s sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice. Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel…and said, ‘Behold, you have grown old and your sons do not...

Circling the Wagons

Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (NIV). Observation: Paul used the previous...

Changing Egypts

Isaiah 19:18-22 “In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the Lord of Hosts. … There will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord near its border. It...

Amazing Transformation

Jeremiah 1:18-19 “’Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. They will fight against you, but they...

Winepress of Love

2 Chronicles 20:3 “Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord.” Observation: What a godly response to fear and stress! The nation of Judah was about to be attacked by foreign enemies. When Jehoshaphat heard of the gathering threat, his natural...