January 11 – The Sale
Some decisions that look so brilliant in the moment will look quite different once we see the bigger picture.
Some decisions that look so brilliant in the moment will look quite different once we see the bigger picture.
With just one touch a life was changed.
“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act… Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. (Matthew 7:15-16, 20) Read: Genesis 20:1-22:24, Matthew 7:15-29, Psalm 9:1-12,…
They didn’t bother to wonder what was happening with their former friends and neighbors. It was a classic case of out of sight out of mind.
After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River.”…
Tents are a flimsy thing. They are a temporary shelter. They show that the owner has no permanent dwelling here, he is only passing through.
Noah released a dove and a raven. The dove came back. Where did the raven go? The answer to this question is far more significant than we might think.
Eat the apple. No, really. Eat it. What could possibly go wrong?
The idea of a clean slate was a good one. What happened? I loved the concept of a new beginning. Has it already been marred? I’m not even halfway through day two of this new year and already I’ve messed up. I failed. Now I’m stuck sitting here wondering why I even bother.
Instead of realizing that it is only through the church that we can fix our world, we are trying to use the systems of the world to fix our church.