THE GIFT OF CHILDREN Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” —Exodus 1:22 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.” —Exodus 2:10 “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” —Exodus 3:10 By your hand save me from such people, Lord, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. —Psalms 17:14             Satan works through leaders of this world…

KEEPING MY EYES ON THE ONE WHO IS MY REFUGE AND DEPENDENCY You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. —Genesis 50:20 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.  I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” —Psalms 16:1-2 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.  With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. —Psalm 16:8             People do such evil things to other people.  There are those who intend to harm others, but God can take that very situation of…

THE BLAMELESS IN CHRIST SEEK TO BE BLAMELESS IN FOLLOWING HIM! Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?  Who may live on your holy mountain?  The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others; who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.  Whoever does these things will…

THE WISE AND THE FOOL The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”  They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.  The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.  All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. —Psalms 14:1-3             God says of the fool— They say in their heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt They do vile deeds They do no good They do not understand They do not seek God They have turned away God also contrasts the…

I DEPEND ON THE FLAWLESS WORD OF OUR LORD! And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. —Psalm 12:6             Whose word are you putting your faith in?  God’s Word or man’s word?  The Bible is the most read book in the world with over 5 billion copies being sold.  No other book even comes close.  Well, hopefully they are being read and not only read, but being applied to life!             So many will put their “faith” in a book that has been written by one author who has very limited information and has lived in such a short amount of…

GOD GUIDES THROUGH THE FIRES OF LIFE There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. —Genesis 35:7 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him….  So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt… Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.—Genesis 37:18, 28, 36 In the Lord I take refuge.…

ALL WILL APPEAR BEFORE JESUS AFTER DEATH & YOU ARE GOING TO DIE! — GET READY! I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan.” —Genesis 32:10 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”  He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.” —Psalm 10:6 Why does the wicked man revile God?  Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”? —Psalm 10:13 “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD…

THE GIFT OF CHILDREN When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister.  So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”  Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” —Genesis 30:1-2             Rachel was childless and did not want to be.  She wanted children and became frustrated and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”  Oh, how she wanted children!  But Jacob became angry and said to her, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”             See,…

OBEDIENT BELIEVER WILL IMPACT THE WORLD! “…all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” —Genesis 22:18 “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” —Matthew 28:18-20             The promise to Abraham was that “all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”  Nations…

EXAMPLES OF THE JUDGMENT TO COME Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. —Genesis 19:24-25 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. —Jude 1:7 He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly. —II Peter 2:6             There are…