Tag: God
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DNA Testing
Genesis 1:27 NIV So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. I find it odd the number of people who have decided to try DNA testing to better understand their genealogy. I have several of my friends who have bought one…
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Working 9 to 5
Proverbs 16:3 ESV Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. I obtained my first job working part time during the summer when I turned 13 years old. I grew…
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A Ruth Kind of Loyalty
Ruth 1:16-17 ESV But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be…
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The Interrupter
Proverbs 18:2 ESV A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. We probably all know an interrupter. You know, the person who interrupts a sentence before you can even finish your thought. A good conversation is like a game of tennis. You take turns. In tennis you can’t hit the…
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Intervention
Ephesians 4: 29 (NIV) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Have you ever or are you now the topic of someone else’s conversation in a negative way? Have you ever…
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God Is A Promise Keeper
Genesis 9: 8-17 8 Again, God said to Noah and his sons: 9 I am going to make a solemn promise to you and to everyone who will live after you. 10 This includes the birds and the animals that came out of the boat. 11 I promise every living creature that the earth and…
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Be All That You Can Be
1 Peter 2:9 (GW) However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. I want to focus on a couple of key words in this scripture. The…
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Pass Comfort On
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV) 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. I love this…
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Here For A Time
Psalm 119:15-19 ESV I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I…