Leviticus 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. As a Christian I am always astounded when I want to introduce someone to another Christian, but that Christian […]
Month: January 2018
T.E.A.M.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. T.E.A.M. – Teaching, Encouraging, Admonishing, Ministering I have never seen an American pastor, of any teams that have been down here, reprimand the praise and worship leader of […]
Return
Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. We are all just one lucky punch, romantic flirt, temper tantrum, click on thecomputer, slip on a banana peel, mistake at work, traffic accident away from what we would refer to as the point […]
Acceptance
Genesis 4:6-7 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” The modern term for acceptance is validation. People need […]
Shine
Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance[a] upon you and give you peace. Shine means to give out a bright light. God’s light, shining out of his face, onto you!! What an interesting blessing, but what is it? It is a blessing […]
New Year
My life, as I know it, seemed to come to an end last night. Well at least I felt that way. I carried six boxes of baby food to a little pocket of people down a slippery path. Didn’t weigh much, it’s baby food. Got home, took my shoes off and sat barefoot in our […]