My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.  Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.  Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. —Proverbs 7:1-3              God’s Word impacts people when they read it!  Is it any wonder that people have a fit when others want to post the Ten Commandments.  It is because we have kingdoms in conflict— the kingdom of darkness which the devil heads up and people need to “come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his…

Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. Have…

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.  He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.  “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’  “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.  The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.  The king…

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” —Exodus 13:17 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” —Exodus 14:12 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant. —Exodus 14:31 Who among the gods is like you, Lord? …

Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. —Exodus 12:7 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. —Exodus 12:13 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and…

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. —Exodus 8:15 “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” —Matthew 19:23-24 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. —Psalm 24:1 Who is he, this King of glory?  The Lord Almighty— he is the King of glory. —Psalm 24:10…

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. —Exodus 7:13-14 Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart. —Exodus 7:22-23 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.  —Proverbs 5:22              Pharaoh was ensnared by his evil deeds.  The cords of his sin held him fast.  His heart was hard.  He would not listen to the…

“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.  But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’  If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. —Matthew 18:15-17 For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths. —Proverbs 5:21              Conflict resolution begins with Too…

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” —Matthew 17:20              It is not the amount of faith a person has, but it is who that faith is put in.  Little faith in the eternal God can accomplish much because it is the eternal God that is ultimately in control of all things.  Surely, it would be wise to put our faith/trust in Him for all things.              Jesus said, “If you have faith as small…

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”  They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”  “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”  Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” —Matthew 16:13-16              This is a great question!  It is concise, direct and demands an answer.  “Who do you say I am?”  The importance of this question is demanding that you answer.  It is secondary what other people think, what matters is what you think.  Other…