The Price of Frustration
I hit my computer on three different occasions today! On the third hit, my spirit stopped me in my tracks with a “Wow! Wow! Wow! Atta girl! Stop! Something’s not right!” I paused and immediately did a self-assessment to identify what was the root cause of the behavior that went against the fruits of the […]
Matters of the Heart – Part 1: I Don’t Feel The Same Way…
I have a confession to make. Up until earlier this year I was a slam-bam-thank-you-ma’am Bible reader and prayer. The faster I could get it done, the better. In fact, praying and reading my Bible were just a routine checklist of activities. ✔️Quick prayer ✔️Quick reading of my Bible The thing is: My heart was […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 72
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): Deuteronomy 3:21-28 NLT “At that time I gave Joshua this charge: ‘You have seen for yourself everything the Lord your God has done to these two kings. He will do the same to all the kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan. Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the Lord your God […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 69
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): Numbers 32:4-7, 16-19 NLT The Lord has conquered this whole area for the community of Israel, and it is ideally suited for all our livestock. If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.” “Do you intend to […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 67
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): THE ACTION Numbers 27:1-4 NLT One day a petition was presented by the daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Their father, Zelophehad, was a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph. These women stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 64
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): Numbers 20:2-6 NLT There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron. The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers! Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord’s people into this wilderness to […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 57
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): Numbers 1:4-5, 1:16-17 NLT “and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe. “These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.” […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 47
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): THE ACTION Number 9: 4-7 NLT So Moses told the people to celebrate the Passover in the wilderness of Sinai as twilight fell on the fourteenth day of the month. And they celebrated the festival there, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. But some of the men had been ceremonially defiled by touching a […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 46
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): Numbers 7:89 NLT Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. The Lord spoke to him from there. Observation (s): Application: As […]
Bible in 365 Days – Day 44
Focus Chapters: Standout Verse(s): Exodus 38:22 NLT Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Exodus 39:7 NLT He fastened these stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as a reminder that the priest represents the people of Israel. All this was done […]