POINTS OF INTEREST

“So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam...

GET MOVING!

“Out of here! Out of here! Leave this place!  Don’t look back. Don’t contaminate yourselves with plunder. Just leave but leave clean. Purify yourselves in the process of worship, carrying the holy vessels of God.  But you don’t have to be in a hurry. You’re not running from anybody! God is leading you out of here, and the God of Israel is also your rear guard.” (Isaiah 52:11-12...

OUT OF NECESSITY

“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock. But...

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND?

“And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began watching…” (Mark 12:41 Amplified Bible) You already know what I’m going to say, don’t you? Well, I’ll be succinct, seeing how I did not publish the anticipated Monday Short meditation this week, and due to the fact that Tuesday’s meditation did not serve as a succinct substitute in its place. Now, don’t just cruise through...

WHAT SHALL I SHOUT OUT TODAY?

“A voice says, “Shout!” I said, “What shall I shout?” “These people are nothing but grass,    their love fragile as wildflowers. The grass withers, the wildflowers fade, if God so much as puffs on them.  Aren’t these people just so much grass? True, the grass withers and the wildflowers fade, but our God’s Word stands firm and forever.” (Isaiah 40:6-8 The Message Bible)...

DON’T PETER OUT!

“Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house.  But Peter followed at a distance.  Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.  And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”  But he denied Him, saying,...

WHEN THE LORD HAS BROUGHT YOU OUT OF SOMETHING

“Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea.  You shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.  For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’  I will harden (make stubborn, defiant) Pharaoh’s heart, so...

LET YOUR CHILD COME OUT!

“O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” (Psalm 34:8 KJV) After opening a bottle of Zero Sugar Snapple I noticed some writing on the inside of the bottle cap.  It said, “Children have more taste buds than adults.”  Wanting to verify if this was factual about the small sensory organs, I did a search on the computer to see if experts were...

CLEAN OUT THE JUNK FILES!

“Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.  Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized.  Do that, and God, who makes everything work together,...

TIME TO COME OUT OF HIDING

“Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9 NLT) The circumstance may be different.  The context might not be the same as in the opening verse, but God is asking you this morning, “Where are you?”  Read on! Sunday morning, prior to going to church, as I drank a half-cup of coffee, I turned on the TV and watched an old documentary about the cold war...