Acts 20:9(b) “… he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.” Observation: Paul was on his way to Jerusalem where he would be imprisoned and ultimately die. His journey took him through Troas for a seven-day visit among friends....

Psalm 66:17 “For I cried out to Him for help, praising Him as I spoke.” Observation:  David here rejoices over God’s miraculous deliverance and then moves toward praise. He goes on to call even the earth itself to shout joyfully to God (v.1) and to sing the glory of...

1 Chronicles 13: 9- 10 “When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it. And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzza so he struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died...

Ruth 3:9 “And he said ‘who are you?’ And she answered ‘I am Ruth, your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close relative.’” Observation: Ruth was the widowed daughter-in-law of Naomi. Naomi’s husband Elimelech had brought Naomi and their two...

Revelation 5:4 “I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll.” Observation: In Revelation 4 John reported seeing someone sitting on the throne, but the chapter’s focus is on what was occurring in its vicinity. Swirls of light and booming...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...