Deut 14-16 Today, we have a plethora of so-called experts on everything from climate change to the diets we are to use. “sigh” If there are any real experts, please stand up! That is where God comes in and says, listen, I am the expert, and I know what is best for you, and I […]
Deut 8-9 Paul wrote to the Ephesians to remind them that God is a promise keeper. He blessed them with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. We once “were” but now “are” free from the shackles of sin. Moses, in essence, is saying that to the wandering Israelites who are now poised to enter […]
Deut 5-7 God Loves You!The wandering Israelites are now ready to shed the past and move into the future. God allows Moses to speak to their hearts which are questioning their status. Moses reminded them that God is a God of love but also a God of justice. He had already told them: Num 23:19, […]
Deut. 1-2 Looking back over the years is something I have been doing lately. As I wandered through my journals and my thoughts, I am overwhelmed by how God has provided through the many moves. Each time, He has provided a new home, a new church, and new friends. That being said, is why I […]
Numbers 36 “A Stickey-Wicket Problem or Not? Zelophehad had been a devoted father who had five daughters but no sons! We know he was faithful because the daughters eulogized him in chapter 27 “Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the […]
Numbers 33 God desires a holy people. As Israel’s people near the end of their wilderness wandering, Moses takes them aside to remind them to purge the land of the idolaters and their idols. “Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.”[Num 33:52]Then God gave them a warning: “But […]
Num 30 A vow is serious and one that, if made, must be kept. When we stand before the magistrate or the pastor who is performing our marriage, we make promises to love and comfort, honor and keep and forsake all others, meaning we will be wholly true to the one to whom we recite […]
Numbers 25: I have been thinking more about the story of Balaam and what God is teaching me through this story. It seems that God placed this story here to remind us/me of the ways of our arch-enemy, Satan, in contrast to the man of Psalm 1. In Psalm 1, God lays out the plan […]
Numbers 18 We often are reminded of this saying, so where does that come from, and is it true? The priesthood in the OT is our model. God only spoke to Aaron in Numbers 18:7 and Lev 10:8 to remind him that his position as High Priest was a gift from the Lord. He was […]
Numbers 16 Envy, resentful longing for what you don’t have, is one of the ‘dark’ sins, one of the “deadly d’s.” It is like an infection. If not treated, it spreads from one person to another, and Peter warns us about it. [1Pet 2:1] It begins with a thought, and then the idea is enlarged […]
