Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 3, we discovered that as temples of the living God, we are not our own. We have been bought with a price and set apart for sacred purposes, and as a result, we need to start living holy lives that honor the God who...
Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 4, we discovered that in Christ, we have been given VICTORY! But because we tend to forget this, God has carved Cherubim and palm trees in the temple of our hearts to remind us of our victory in Christ and to reassure...
In the last three lessons from FREEDOM FROM FEAR, we have learned that fear is an indication that we don't love perfectly. That perfect love is demonstrated in faith, and faith, then, becomes the antidote to fear, and that faith is the acknowledgement that God has...
"Ziba answered the king, 'There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet.'" (2 Samuel 9:3b NIV) "So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons." (2 Samuel 9:11b NIV) As the mother of a child with a severe disability, I am always...
Dealing with grief is perhaps one of the hardest things that we, as humans, must do. Grief may be rooted in a death or illness, or it may be rooted in a loss, such as the loss of support, the loss of a spouse through divorce, the loss of a job, or even the feelings of...
“For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.” (II Cor. 2:15) When I stepped out onto our back deck one morning, I was greeted by a lovely fragrance hanging in the air. I knew it came from a rose, for a rose has its own...
I had just come in from a shopping trip to town and walked down the hallway shedding my town gear as I went. As I walked past the television, I flicked it on to catch the morning news, half listening as I went. The headlines staccatoed – there was a train disaster in...
In last week's lesson on the gates of Jerusalem, we saw that the second gate mentioned, the Fish Gate, speaks to us evangelism. The reason the Fish Gate is mentioned after the Sheep Gate is that the first thing God wants us to do once we've accepted His gift of...
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16 NKJV) I have always loved Nativity scenes ever since I was a boy. I remember growing up seeing the great care my...
Today, let's wrap-up our Soccer series, by meditating on two more subjects… Co-ordination Now let's play a defense-splitting pass. Splitting the devil's defense that is. What is a football team without teamwork? A BIG ZERO! To win, the team needs to work like a...