June 1 | Jonah 3:1-3 “Then it happened that the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Arise! Take yourself to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it the message I will speak to you.” So Jonah arose and took himself to Nineveh as…
May 31 | Jonah 1:17; 2:10 “But the Lord appointed a great fish, and it happened that Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” (Jonah 1:17) “Then the Lord spoke to the fish and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” (Jonah 2:10) Have you…
May 30 | Jonah 1:14-16 “Finally they called out to Yahweh and said, “Please Yahweh, please don’t let us perish because of this man’s life and don’t put on us innocent blood, for You, Yahweh, have done just as You please.” Then they raised Jonah up and hurled him into…
May 21 | Joel 2:28-29 ““And it will happen afterward that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your elders will dream dreams, your young men will see visions, and even upon your manservants and your maidservantsin that day I…
May 20 | Ezekiel 36:26-27 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause…
We’ve been gleaning life lessons from Abraham, and this time, when Abraham meets with God. This is a special time when the Lord physically comes to Abraham and Sarah in preparation for a year from now when Sarah will bear Isaac. Last time we discussed how Abraham tried to make…
God’s covenant with Abraham was already in motion when Abraham tries to fulfill God’s promise by himself. Of course, he had some help. In the last issue, we discussed God’s covenant with Abraham and how God promised to give him an heir through Sarah and land for his descendants. But…
There are seven fascinating moments in the Gospels where Jesus was like a revolutionary, healing on the Sabbath. This is my best attempt at understanding why He liked doing it. In my last post, I discussed how healing and casting out demons are used side-by-side by the New Testament authors.…
I took a small detour from Life Lessons from Abraham to talk about Life Lessons from Lot, but now that we’re back on Abraham’s life, we will be talking about God’s covenant with Abraham. You can also go back to the last issue on Abraham’s life. In this issue, we…
December 29 | Proverbs 16:9 “The heart of a person plans his way but the Lord directs his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) How do you plan for this next year? We always use the phrase, “Pencil you in.” If we ask the Lord what He wants us to do and plan…