Amos 4.6-13 Amos painted a bleak picture of Israel’s continued disobedience and refusal to repent. Repeatedly the Lord had shown Himself to be powerful, holy, and the righteous judge, but Israel continued on their path of wicked pursuit. Five times the Lord reminded them of their stubbornness, of His actions to draw them back to... Continue Reading →
Husbands – Called to love your wife
Ephesians 5.25-33 The incredible, amazing, sacrificial, predetermined, not fully understood, not fully discerned, undeserved, overwhelming love of God has been demonstrated to us through Jesus Christ. The adoptive love, the forgiving love, the love full of blessing, the love given before the foundation of the world, the love never ending, the love never failing,... Continue Reading →
Hope Overcomes All Trials
Job 19.13-29 Job felt intensely alone and out of God’s hearing. All he had was stripped away from him; his brothers, relatives, and friends had all left him; his servants ignored him; his wife refused to comfort him; children despised him; his closest friends went against him with disgust; his body was ravaged in... Continue Reading →
Living Through the Most Difficult
Job 2.1-13 Job lost almost everything. In one day he lost all his donkeys, oxen, sheep, camels, servants, and his seven sons and three daughters. On another day he was stricken with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head (Job 2.7); he sat in absolute misery and... Continue Reading →
Life Built on the Rock
Matthew 7.12-29 Christ ended the Sermon on the Mount calling for a decision: “Where are you going to build your house?” Will it be on the rock or on sand? He wasn’t referring to a physical structure, but to our lives. Life built on a rock will stand secure; the one on the sand... Continue Reading →
My Morning Desk 