“Taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and broke the loaves.” (Mark 6:41 NIV) Tabgha was one of my favorite stops along our Israel tour. Beyond the iconic loaves and fishes mosaic laid into the floor, it…
“Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or – worse – stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.” (Matthew 6:19-20 MSG) It’s only stuff. My treasure isn’t here…
“Joshua said to the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.” (Joshua 24:2 NLT) Wait, did you catch that?…
“You feed them from the abundance of Your own house.” (Psalm 36:8 NLT) Our God provides for His own. We see this so clearly in the wilderness, with the children of the Exodus picking their way toward Promised Land. God brought bread like dew on…
“You’re the One, O God, who does this. So You’re the One for whom we wait. You made it all. You do it all.” (Jeremiah 14:22 MSG) Jeremiah was known as the weeping prophet because his nation, the people of God, had wandered way off…
“Let us throw off everything that hinders…” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV) Five years ago I had a dream. I was standing on the edge of an open field, hanging on to the fence with both hands. The field was beautiful but dangerous. The golden grass waved…
“God’s message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the directions to the old road. The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right road for your souls.” (Jeremiah 6:16 MSG) We are a going good long ways down the…
“I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me into the wilderness, through a land not sown.” (Jeremiah 2:2 NIV) Love is enough at first, isn’t it? With our Lord, with our spouse? In the beginning, we…
“I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of slaves. No other gods, only Me. No carved gods of any size, shape or form of anything whatever, whether things that fly or walk or swim.…
“The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to a land I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1 NIV) It’s amazing to me how God can speak out of a textbook. We spent yesterday driving, working our way toward…