The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.” —Luke 4:5-7 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. —Psalm 63:1 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.  Be sure of…

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. —Psalm 62:1-2 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.  My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.  Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. —Psalm 62:5-8 One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you,…

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” —Luke 3:8-9 A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.  Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves. —Proverbs 11:6-17              Are you a child of Abraham “who also follows in the footsteps of the faith that our father…

Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. —Luke 2:47              At twelve year of age, “Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.”  Of course, Jesus is the Son of God come in flesh— “Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.” —I Timothy 3:16              Still, I think we can glean a principle here from the early life of Jesus.  How important it is to have young…

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So Israel yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. And the Lord’s anger burned against them. —Numbers 25:3 You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. —Psalm 59:17 For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers. —Proverbs 11:14              Who will a nation yoke itself to?  Will a nation yoked itself to our Lord Who— Yes, a nation is wise to rely on Him.  But to rely on and be yoked to demonic influence only brings our Lord’s anger.  Let us pray that we would have leaders that would depend on our…

Do you rulers indeed speak justly?  Do you judge people with equity?  No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. —Psalm 58:1-2              Rulers should speak justly and they should judge with equity or fairly.  So many times, they do not.  Instead, in their hearts they devise injustice.  Injustice is something they actually plan out.  Not only that, but their hands determine the amount of violence on the earth.   This is easy to see today.  How sad it is when we do not have righteous rulers— “When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding; but when the wicked perish, the…

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They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, c to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”  Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.  The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and…

The Lord said to Moses, “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”  So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence, just as he commanded him. He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.…