Violence in the Old Testament Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. - Gen 6:11 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. - Gen 6:13 "Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence. - Gen 49:5 NASB95 so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and t

Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain." Psalm 127:1 Here's hoping that many of you will join us in praying ....

Every believer has a God ordained garden or lane or sphere that He expects us to discern or discover and to steward

"This is not totally exhaustive, but it is a solid survey of what is revealed about the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament."

"For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God," I Thess. 1:9

"....I asked, How can we be more fruitful members of His body?  How can we better fulfill our role as members of His body? One way to find out is to study all of the “one another” or “each other” commands in the New Testament."

One of the ways Jesus - our Head - has provided for us to escape and be delivered from the selfish individualism of our mostly godless culture and society is by revealing to us our corporate identity

Most of the one anothering commands are positive. A handful are negative. Though I haven't counted them, seems by far the emphasis is loving one another - something that we simply cannot do without an ever deepening relationship with our Savior. May the Holy Spirit do that deeper work in each of us in these days.

(This is the gist or outline of my World Changers/Giant Slayers class discussion this last Sunday - - May 4, 2024 on what it means to be a productive member of the body of Christ. 12 mostly elementary age boys and girls with lots of energy :) )   Question # 1. What kind of things did Jesus do in His earthly ministry?   Question # 2. Do you think Jesus still wants those things to be done for people today?   Question # 3. How can that happen since He is gone/in heaven?   “ And

"His plans and purposes for you are way beyond what you can imagine. To experience them you will need to learn to overcome in all things financial."

"Those forty days after Jesus was raised from the dead and before He ascended to heaven were very strategic days of training and preparation for the 11 apostles and all the other disciples and apostles who would help birth and lead the early church."

"...God cares about our cities, and sees them as cities, and will judge them as cities; and knowing I need to have more of His heart for my city; and knowing that He calls us as His church to intercede for "...kings and all who are in authority..." (I Timothy 2:1,2) I developed a prayer tool for myself and for the folks in our congregation..."

"Paul was not afraid of Satan, but he greatly respected his power, cunningness and ability to mess with believers. He never let his guard down with the evil one."

"....Satan has plenty of bite. His hatred of us and our God, and Israel and the church is beyond what any of us can fathom. And His cunningness is the same,..."

“The humble person is not one who thinks meanly of himself, he simply does not think of himself at all.” Andrew Murray

It is impossible to walk with God and please Him without an abundance of His grace being poured out on us every day. And yet He clearly says He only "...gives grace to the humble." So we probably should be a little more sober about the problem of pride than we are, and give a lot more attention to the pursuit of humility

God’s strong desire is that we all are increasingly satisfied in Him, and decreasingly looking to the world for what only God can give

Dear Readers:   If you read and/or watched my sermon re: fellowship with God and one another from I John on 1/28, you might remember that...

"....marriage is one of the most brilliant inventions God ever devised. And therefore it is also one of Satan and his demons’ primary targets for destruction."

"....this tool is designed for wives who know and walk with Jesus, who know He is good, and who know "His ways and thoughts are higher than the heavens above the earth than ours" (Isa. 55:8,9)."