Older Brother

It is really easy for me to get on here and write about the hundreds of scriptures that command us to show love for the destitute. It is much harder to live it out in real life.

Unmarked?

Read: Ezekiel 7:1-9:11, Hebrews 5:1-14, Psalm 105:1-15, Proverbs 26:28 He said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all who weep and sigh because of the detestable sins being committed in their city.” Then I heard the Lord say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead…

In The Bank

If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord — and he will repay you! (Proverbs 19:17) Read: 1 Chronicles 26:12 – 27:34, Romans 4:13 – 5:5, Psalm 14:1-7, Proverbs 19:17 Relate: Do you ever use Urban Dictionary? Have you ever even heard of it? Basically, it’s a more laid back wikipedia. It is a type dictionary where people volunteer…

Unclean

 But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” Acts 10:15 Read: 1Kings 14:1-15:24, Acts 10:1-23, Psalm 133:1-3, Proverbs 17:7-8 Relate: Who are the “unclean” ones for you? For me it’s Red Sox fans. No, stop laughing, I’m serious. If you want proof of the existence of evil in this…

Dare To Hope

I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore,…