DO YOU FEED THE FRUIT? This part of Joseph’s story describes when his brothers were driven from their lives of self-satisfaction to an unlikely place that saved their lives. Many years earlier, they had thrown their youngest brother into a pit, then sold him into slavery.Thirteen years later, he became the second most powerful person […]
ARE YOU READY? In those very early days of the nation of Israel, can you imagine how much discipline there must have been;Think about this; not just to accept a very radical change, but then also to apply the quickness to make that change happen; The ability that the Jewish nomad tribe in the desert […]
SHHHH… The new testament reading in Mark 3, verse 12 has always been an enigma to me. Jesus is going all over, loving, teaching and healing so many people, showing exactly who He is.But regarding the evil spirits that were cast out; He ‘Sternly commanded them NOT to reveal who He was` Huh? What? Throughout […]
WHY WOULD WE EVER BE SURPRISED THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS BEHEADED? The story in Genesis 50 through Exodus 2, has always amazed me.• The Egyptians, who controled the known world at the time, hated shepherds.• But the Israelites we shepherds.• The Egyptians, had a LOT of little Gods that they worshipped for all their […]
I LOVE HOW GOD SPOKE TO MOSES “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.” (Exodus 14:15)That is so us! Stop whining, stop complaining, stop worrying, stop the fear based reactions to what has NOT happened yet… Men…Stop pole vaulting over mouse turds! And get your ass up and get […]
Does your Creator make your Country, or Does your country make your Creator? The story in Genesis 50 through Exodus 2, has always amazed me.• The Egyptians, who controled the known world at the time, hated shepherds.• But the Israelites we shepherds.• The Egyptians, had a LOT of little Gods that they worshipped for all […]
Obedience to God = Peace in our life. So much is happening globally, nationally, and even locally today that can make it so easy for us to have a heavy heart. As I am sure you see, too many people take the current events too personally to where it affects them negatively. Some people get […]
ROOT OR FRUIT Joseph’s second son, Ephraim, was born to him after Joseph had been delivered from thirteen years of suffering.Ephraim’s name, which means “twice fruitful” was chosen, Joseph tells us, because God had made him fruitful in the land of suffering. But guys, Joseph was also fruitful in his time of adversity.When God brings […]
FEAST OF MY FATHERS “You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies” Wow…to think on that… While the trouble is around me, while those who oppose me are right there, while the challenges that I am facing are right in the same room with me, maybe even surrounding me, God is […]
