Genesis 2:18 “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’ ” Observation: God had put Adam into the garden made expressly for their shared intimacy. (Gen. 2:8) He had set the boundaries (v. 15–17) and then made the...

Genesis 2:8 “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man he had formed.” Observation: Genesis 2 begins to give more detail of God’s provision for Adam. Genesis 1:27 says that I was created in His image, then this business about...

Genesis 2:2 “…on the seventh day He rested from all His work.” (NIV) Observation: God’s first workweek was finished. Creation was complete, so now He rested. Genesis 2:3 tells me more…that it was because He rested that the seventh day was blessed and made holy....

Genesis 1:3 “And God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light.” Observation: It was the first day of creation. A moment before, earth had been “formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep…” (Gen. 1:2) But in an instant God spoke light into...

Genesis 1:28 “Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Observation: What I witness here is the sixth day of creation, the day when God commanded the land to “produce...

Joshua 4:5 “Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder…to serve as a sign among you.” Observation: Multiplied millions of Israelites have entered the Promised Land by crossing the Jordan River, at flood stage, on dry ground. The river passage had dried...

Acts 7:57 “At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him.” Observation: Stephen had been brought before the Sanhedrin under false charges of blasphemy against God and...

Esther 5:13 “Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” Observation: Haman had been elevated to high position by the king. From his lofty role he arrogantly demanded that all the king’s subjects bow before him to...

Revelation 7:15–16 “…and He who sits on the throne will spread His tent over them. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them nor any scorching heat.” Observation: Rev. 7 movingly focuses on God’s ability to redeem and...

Revelation 6:11 “Then each of them was given a white robe and they were told to wait a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed…was complete.” Observation: John had been commanded to watch what happened as the...