Message:  Today Matthew 10 stood out to me as bright as a neon sign. Jesus was instructing the 12 apostles to go and reach the lost children of Israel before reaching the Gentile nations. He gave them firm instructions and... Continue reading →

Message:  In Proverbs 8 Solomon wrote about wisdom as a personified being crying out to the people to listen to her. The value of wisdom is compared to other things we seek for ourselves, like silver and gold, except that... Continue reading →

Message:  Today my reading was in Genesis and Matthew, but because I am currently on day one of a fast with our church I also read Isaiah 58 a few times to really soak in the purpose. In this chapter... Continue reading →

Message:  In Galatians 1 Paul was talking to the churches about the importance of keeping the gospel pure and not listening to any other. He clarified by saying that there wasn’t another gospel, but many would try to alter it... Continue reading →

Message:  At the beginning of 1 Corinthians 6 Paul was talking to the church about why they were having legal disputes with each other. He considered it moral failure to do this, but he considered it even worse that they... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 5 Paul was writing to the church of Corinth about something he had heard about while he was away. The church at Corinth had a man living in living in sexual immorality so bad that Paul... Continue reading →

Message:  In Corinthians 4 Paul was talking about the expectations that managers be found faithful. He acknowledged that he himself could not be justified by the evaluation of man because he (and we) are all judged by the Lord. What... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 3 Paul called them out for their immaturity. He told them that he had been unable to speak to them with the substance he wanted because they weren’t ready for it and still weren’t. He told... Continue reading →

Message:  In 2 Corinthians 2 Paul continued speaking about wisdom and the difference between the wisdom coming from the Holy Spirit and what comes from man. He explained that those who are not saved and hearing the Holy Spirit are... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians Paul was writing to the church at Corinth. After greeting them and telling them he was thankful for them he gave them a stern correction about the rivalry and division among them. It sounds like they... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 16 Paul is ending his letter to the Romans even though it sounds more like the beginning of a letter because of the way he is greeting everyone. In between all the greeting he throws in a... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 15 Paul was talking to the church as mature believers and calling them (and us) to a higher standard. He said that those of us who are “strong” have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 14 Paul was talking about the importance of honoring each other at our different levels of maturity when it comes to our convictions. Most of Paul’s references were about food because of what food represented to them.... Continue reading →

Message:  Romans 13 is s heavy duty topic written in such simplistic terms that it leaves us feeling uncomfortable and unsettled.  We had this very same topic discussion at our home connect group last night so my mind is fresh... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 11 Paul was talking about the importance of us seeing ourselves as one body with many parts that do different things. I feel like that topic is so heavily discussed that sometimes we nod our heads, zone... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 11 Paul explains that God used the rebellion of the Jews to bring in the Gentiles. This is explained several different ways throughout the bible. One example is in the parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 10 Paul was still talking about the Jews. In the last chapter he had been talking about justice almost like he was wrestling to understand the justice of God and it seemed that maybe in his grief... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 9 Paul was talking about his anguish for the Jews because he understood that salvation was created for them, but they were on the outs while the Gentiles were invited in. Being a Jew himself, he anguished... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 8 Paul talks about our war with the flesh. What really stands out to me in this chapter is verse 7 that the mindset of the flesh is “hostile to God” because it doesn’t submit itself to... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 7 Paul makes another comparison of the law to marriage. He reminded them that marriage vows were bound under the legal law that could only be released by death. Paul specifically uses the death of the husband... Continue reading →