Month: November 2014

Exodus 15:25 Do you ever feel like the impossible lies ahead? Moses did many times when he was leading 2 million Israelites out of slavery! (And we think we have troubles?) But what did he choose to do? He cries out to the Lord and the Lord responds with a simple plan of action. Do […]

A few years ago I had a conversation with my son’s kindergarten teacher during a Thanksgiving classroom party. She shared with me that her favorite holiday was Thanksgiving because it’s one holiday that you don’t buy any gifts.   I never thought of it like that before, but she was right. The PRESENTS we give on […]

Matthew 4:1-11 Satan uses wrestling to tempt us.  His goal is to destroy Jesus’ character.  God uses wrestling to test us and His goal is to strengthen our character. We have to ask ourselves a few questions; Is Jesus a king concerned only with meeting physical needs?   Is Jesus a king who will use spectacular […]

Isaiah 1:18 I have this beauty trick I use frequently when I polish my nails. Once my nails are freshly polished, it only takes a matter of time until nicks appear and the polish starts to wear off. Instead of removing all of the polish and repainting every nail, I simply cover up the chips by painting […]

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV Have you ever been driving and someone in the back seat or the passenger’s seat thinks they are driving instead of you? I have and you know how annoying and frustrating that is. If you look at this situation in a different way, we kind of do the same thing when it […]

Job 23:1-12 In today’s scripture, Job wrestles with God by being direct, honest and bold. You can almost hear him saying, “Lord shall it be your will or mine?” We don’t know what he was thinking but in the end, wrestling with God was a good thing. Why is it good to wrestle with God? […]

1 Peter 5:7 This verse is all about trusting God and putting all your troubles in His hands. Let’s face it; you’ve probably had one of those days where everything that can go wrong does. How do you deal with it? My roommate and I just discovered that screaming into a pillow does work! But in all […]

Genesis 19:1–29 If you are anything like me, you have probably made a lot of mistakes in your life. If only we hadn’t married so soon. If only we had more money. If only we had done this instead of that, and on and on. Regrets are damaging and keep our eyes fixed on the rear-view mirror instead of […]

Job 3:1-11, 13 Nothing tries our will and forces us to wrestle like the issue of suffering. When Job cries out in chapter 3 with these intense words, he gives us a model for wrestling with God in our suffering. Job shares his real emotions and he did not sin. Usually we respond in one […]

Roman 16:17 Division has been so destructive throughout history. The division of countries, division of states within countries, divisions in companies, churches and even families – division causes destruction everywhere. Granted, sometime divisions are for the better, but for the most part they are not. In our scripture today, Paul is using the example of division […]