I was studying Deuteronomy and Jeremiah this morning, which led me to Matthew. Deuteronomy 8 was titled with a warning – “Do Not Forget Yahweh Your God.” Jeremiah was a warning as well – Surrender or die. Those two pointed me to Matthew, and the passage I sought out was a warning about two…
Don’t Worry, (Living Simply – Yet Focused)
This morning I was doing my Bible study, and the last thing I did today was read “Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers for May 18. The title for today was “Living Simply – Yet Focused.” The reference verses were Matthew 6:26, 28. Matthew 6:26,28 (LSB) 26 Look at the birds of the air,…
Take Care with Your Liberty
It has been a long time since I have been able to write. I have struggled over this “lack of writing.” I have just not been able to share my thoughts or studies. To be honest, (I dislike using this phrase because it implies that I am generally not honest but anyway), I have struggled…
By Grace Through Faith
This week I was struck with this thought after reading a devotional by A.W. Tozer. The idea was about loving and believing in Jesus though we had not seen Him. This love and faith we have had to come from somewhere other than seeing Jesus in the flesh. He quoted 1Peter 1:7-8. I added…
To Live is Christ
Wednesday night I began a new “Roots” small group study at my church. The class is called “Foundations.” I was not sure what the class would entail. Frankly, it was my last-minute choice. I had signed up late, and the course I had chosen was canceled because not enough folks picked it. So, when the…
Discipline, Growth or Both
This morning I woke and began my average prayer time and study. I guess it is not normal yet. I am trying to get it figured out now that I am alone in the house. But anyway… After some time in prayer, I went to a devotional, “Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers. The…
Walk Humbly with My God
These past couple of months have been tough. I lost my mother in June and my wife of thirty years in July. If that wasn’t enough, we lost family on my wife’s side as well. We lost one sister in February, and a second sister passed during my wife’s funeral service. Now I do not…