SOLVING VERSUS MANAGING

“And a woman who had suffered a chronic flow of blood for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.  But Jesus said, “Someone did...

WHAT DID YOU DO?

“Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.” (John 12:42-43 NASB) Here are some questions for you to think about before you head off to church.  What did you do when it came to choosing between the...

THE TOUCH OF LOVE

“Touch is a powerful way to express love. A simple touch can reach deep into the soul of man. God is love and love is an expression of the touch of Jesus.” (Unknown Writer) A few days ago I woke up around 2:00 a.m.  That was too early for me on that day; wanted to get up around 4:00 a.m.  I turn to my right to see if my wife was still in the bed.  She was, but was not moving,...

THE LARGEST PART OF THE BODY

“The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.  And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human ]measurements, which are also angelic measurements.” (Revelation 21:16-17  NASB) A medical news report said the length of the intestines in people...

THE TALL HAT

“So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), and having strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in preparation .  Above all, lift up the ]shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  And...

HISTORY LESSON #3

“Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.  The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.  But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.  His sister stood at a...

HISTORY LESSON #2

“Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his fellow Hebrews and looked at their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his fellow Hebrews.  So he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid]his body in the sand. Now he went out the next day, and behold, two...

HISTORY LESSON #1

Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.  And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.  Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and in the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.” So they appointed taskmasters over them to...

AND I HAD THE NERVE TO COMPLAIN

“Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.  Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.  This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty...

SATU”R”DAY

“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.  Serve the Lord with jubilation; come before Him with rejoicing.  Know that the Lord]Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” (Psalm 100:1-3 NASB) There is not typing error in the title.  I intentionally wanted to focus on the letter “R “in the word Saturday, causing...