If the Load is Too Heavy – What are you Missing?

Scripture:
 

Matthew 11: 28 – 30
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” [...]

Serving is Fishing for Men

Scripture:
 

I Corinthians 9: 19 – 24
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am [...]

Standing and Delighting

Scripture:
Psalm 1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked 
or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit [...]

Character is more Important than Comfort

Scripture:
Ezekiel 24: ‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.
 14 ” ‘I the LORD have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I [...]

Life in Perspective

Scripture:
 

Revelation 4: 11
“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
   to receive glory and honor and power,
   for you created all things,
      and by your will they were created
      and have their being.”
 
Observation:
 
Humanity is mentioned in this glimpse of heaven. Notice that we are listed as the created and that we were created by God’s will. We are not the [...]

Living in Denial

Scripture:
John 18:17
“You are not one of his disciples, are you?” the girl at the door asked Peter.
      He replied, “I am not.”
Observation:
We know of Peter’s promise to the Savior -”you can count on me Lord.” But we also know of the reality of his denial. “I am not the guy you think I am,” says Peter. [...]

When was the last time you committed adultery?

 
Scripture:
 

Jeremiah 3: 6 – 10
During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there. I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me [...]

Who Do You Think You Are?

Scripture:
Isaiah 50: 1 –5 ; 2 Peter 1: 3 & 4
“This is what the Lord says… ‘When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke [...]

Giving God Your Stuff

Scripture:
2 Kings 19: 14 – 16
Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD : “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all [...]

Iniquity in the Heart

 
Scripture:
 

Micah 2: 1 and 2
Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! 
At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.

Observations:
Micah is a book that can [...]