Praise Wins Every Time

Praise Wins Every Time

Psalm 13:1–2, 5–6 “How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? ... But I have trusted in Your...

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

Leviticus 16:8–10 “Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell...

Wet Paint

Wet Paint

Acts 27:9–10, 20, 22, 31 “Paul began to admonish them, and said to them, ‘Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.’ … All hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned …...

Seeing Ordinary Miracles

Seeing Ordinary Miracles

Acts 14:8–10 “And at Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well, said...

Marching Orders

Marching Orders

Exodus 39:43 “And Moses examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses blessed them.” Observation: Through the eighty-one verses of Exodus 39 and 40 I find extraordinary detail as to how the priest’s...

Oh, How He Loves Me!

Oh, How He Loves Me!

Psalm 19:4–6 “In [the heavens] He has placed a tent for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber. It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. Its rising is from one end of the heavens, and its circuit to the other end of them. And there is...

Elevator Manners

Elevator Manners

Exodus 30:12, 14–15 “When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them … Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and...

Hogwash

Hogwash

Exodus 22:29–30 “You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it...

Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball

Exodus 23:29–31 “I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. I will drive them out from before you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession...

Houston, We Have a Problem

Houston, We Have a Problem

Acts 3:26 “For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Observation: Peter had called his listeners to repent, that they might have their sins wiped away and experience times of refreshing. He...