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...
by David Keesling | Dec 26, 2014 | 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...
