DO NOT FORGET!

“Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments and His judgments (precepts) and His statutes which I am commanding you today; otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have increases, then your heart will...

SIGNS ON RIGHTEOUS ROAD

“Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!” (Psalm 118:24 NIV) On your way to worship today, make sure you obey the signs on the road: “Stop,” “No Turn on Red,” “No U-Turn,” “Road Closed,” “Speed Limit,” and “Merge.” If you see one of the electronic signs that lets you...

CARRY THE BONES WITH YOU!

“When the king sent the people out of Egypt, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was the shortest way. God said, “If they have to fight, they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.”So God led them through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were dressed for fighting when they left the land of Egypt. Moses carried the bones of...

KEEP THE MATTER IN MIND

“Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.” His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And...

THE TRACTOR IN THE BARN

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV) On a large farm, located in central Indiana, there lived a man who had farmed the same acreage for over 20 years. His main piece of equipment was a very old tractor, one that lacked the power of the newer models that are available today. When...

THE HAPPY BOY!

You have been faithful readers, even when the story content seems like yours truly has no loss for words, based on the length of the meditations. So, today, here is a short one! A young man always came to the breakfast table to join his siblings for breakfast. Instead of looking gloomy and sleepy like his brothers and sisters, he looked glad, as if his “cup” were spilling over with joy. He...

OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO OUR PRAYING

“On another Sabbath he was in the synagogue teaching, and a man was present whose right hand was deformed. The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched closely to see whether he would heal the man that day, since it was the Sabbath. For they were eager to find some charge to bring against him. How well he knew their thoughts! But he said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and...

HOW TO TURN THE WORLD RIGHT-SIDE UP

“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the...

DOMINO EFFECT OF A BAD SERVE

“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” (Colossians 3:23-24 NASB) Years ago, I looked at a book by Charles Swindoll entitled, “How Is Your Serve?” He was talking about our Christian service, not the game involving a...

A PAST THAT YOU CANNOT SEE!

“I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age...