Then God said, “Take your only son, Isaac, the son you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Kill him there and offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” – Genesis 22:2 …even more than you do. So when He leads you down a path …
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Go get your bread
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. – Numbers 13:30 In any given moment, you’ve got the choice to see the Giant Giants, or the Giant opportunities. You already have enough within you to conquer the …
Look like a weirdo, live like a King
Let the words from the book of the law be always on your lips. Meditate on them day and night so that you may be careful to live by all that is written in it. If you do, as you make your way through this world, you will prosper and always find success. – Joshua …
Watch and pray
Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” – Mark 14:38 “That you may not come into temptation.” “The spirit is willing…” Willing to offer what? Willing to not come into temptation? So the watching and praying is because of the weakness of …
When God shuts you in
Male and female of all flesh went in as God had told Noah. Then the Lord shut him in. – Genesis 7:16 The God Who lives in you is One who “opens doors that no man can shut” (Revelation 3:8). He’s also One who shuts you in, such that the flood waters cannot reach you. …
Follow the Ark
”…Follow the chest so that you will know where you’re supposed to go because you have not been this way before…” – Joshua 3:8 When you find yourself walking a path you’ve never been before…follow the Ark. When you find yourself walking a path you’ve never been before…follow the Ark. ”…Follow the chest so that …
Don’t mess with Texas
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. – Joshua 10:12 “Don’t mess with Texas”. That was the unspoken pact …
Look of a King
Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “The men you killed at Tabor—what were they like?” “Like you,” they replied. “They all had the look of a king’s son.” – Judges 8:18 For many, the real issue is not the apparent fact that they will die…but the concern over whether they will truly live before that …
Delusion is the new Faith
A ·few people will come out of Jerusalem alive [remnant will spread out from Jerusalem]; ·a few from Mount Zion will live[and survivors out from Mount Zion]. The ·strong love [zeal] of the Lord All-Powerful will ·make this happen[accomplish this].’ – 2 Kings 19:31 Ridiculous is the new remarkable…and delusional is the new Faith. Delusion: an idiosyncratic belief or impression that …
The beauty of boundaries
The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny. Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me. Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful. – Psalm 16:5-6 Even when it doesn’t feel like it, the boundaries of your life…the limitations and restraints that God has drawn around you…have been marked …