Serve Him wholeheartedly!

Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25.v 14 “ So fear the Lord and serve Him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone.” Joshua was asking tough questions to all the tribes, including the elders, leaders, judges, and officers. He reminded themContinue reading ”    Serve Him wholeheartedly!”

    Unbearable Demands!

Matthew 23: 1-12 v “They (Pharisees) crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.” Jesus was talking to a crowd and His disciples. He told them to obey the teachers and the Pharisees interpretations of the law, but not to follow their example.  For they don’t practice whatContinue reading ”    Unbearable Demands!”

 Help for the hungry

 Psalm 107: 1-7,33-37 v 36-37 “He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their cities. They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops.” Give thanks to the Lord for He is good! starts this psalm and after reading about experiments on starving indigenous children in the early 1950’s toContinue reading ” Help for the hungry”

 Tricky Questions

Matthew 22: 34-46 v 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”                                       42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son, is he?”                                       45” Since David called the Messiah “My Lord”, how can the Messiah be his son?” The Pharisee’s and the Sadducees were both influential peopleContinue reading ” Tricky Questions”