“And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:……..Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest;…………..He shall build an house for my name.” I Chronicles…
“For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.” I Chronicles 15:13. The NLT puts it this way: “We failed to ask God how to move it properly.” David had made…
“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” Psalm 55:22 There is the story in the Talmud of a poor man who had no wagon or donkey to carry his heavy bundles. He had to carry the load…
“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.” Ecclesiastes 6:9 We have all heard the old saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” I presume that the saying originally referred to…
“And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,…
“So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore, let us no longer judge one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister” (Romans 14:12-13, Christian Standard Bible). When I was a small child,…
“And Abraham said, ‘My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together’” (Genesis 22:8, NKJV). Genesis 22 tells the familiar story of God’s testing of Abraham when He asked him to sacrifice Isaac, his long-awaited son. Abraham and Sarah…
“Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you”…
“And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.” (Mark 6:34, New King James Version). Over and over in the Gospels, we are told about…