WARNING: THIS MEDITATION IS RATED “F”

“By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said.  That’s how it happened that from one man’s dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions.” (Hebrew2 11:11-12 The Message Bible) After yesterday’s lengthy meditation, I thought I would be brief this...

HOW TO GET THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

“God spoke all these words: I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery.  No other gods, only me.  No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim.  Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins...

THE GREETER SPEAKS!

“For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.  You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.  But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.” (James 1:23-25 NLT) If you are by chance saving these meditations...

BLESSED MORE THAN YOU THINK

“Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.” (Psalm 144:15 NIV) My friend, you are blessed more than you think!  Let’s do two exercises, two brief exercises to raise your conscious level in regard to how blessed you are. The first exercise is a vocal exercise.  I heard a song on the radio the other day where the lyrics repeated the...

SIN SECRETS TO SACRED LIVING

“And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.” (Hebrews 4:13 The Amplified Bible) “He has not dealt with us according to our sins , nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.  For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those...

THE ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.  The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:15-17) This is the answer I promised you yesterday.  It is...

THE SIMPLE LIFE

(This Sunday morning meditation is an excerpt from, Specific Messages for Specific Times, by yours truly, copyrighted in 2006.  It is still relevant today.) Life seems complicated, confusing, and complex, and full of treacherous twist, trying times, and testing turns.  What happened to the simple life?  There is not enough time, too much to do, too much to deal with, and too many...

AN END OF THE WEEK ORIENTATION SESSION!

“I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains?  No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.  He won’t let you stumble, your Guardian God won’t fall asleep.  Not on your life!  Israel’s Guardian will never doze or sleep.  God’s your Guardian, right at your side to protect you—Shielding you from sunstroke, sheltering you from...

THE COACH WHO COULD NOT BE SEEN OR HEARD

“And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.  But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?  When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?  And one of them smote the servant of the high priest...

THERE IS HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

“Your children, the very ones that you said would be taken for plunder, I’ll bring in to enjoy the land you rejected while your corpses will be rotting in the wilderness.  These children of yours will live as shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, living with the fallout of your whoring unfaithfulness until the last of your generation lies a corpse in the wilderness.  You scouted out...