As Israel faced an army on one side and a sea on the other they could have decided to either try and swim or to fight the Egyptians. Both of those options would have had poor results. Instead they chose to listen to Moses who said
Believing The Best
The Weight Of The World
Everything In Its Place
Idle Idols
When Kids Fail
Praying Like Jesus
Ceaseless Prayer
One of the keys of any good relationship is communication. We need open and honest dialogue to remain connected. There is a strong correlation between dialogue and distance. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we become more distant to someone because we see them less and don't talk as often.
What's in your nativity?
In my house I have a nativity scene scene on the coffee table that serves as the centerpiece of all my Christmas decorations. I love to just look at it and think about all of the things it represents. Over the years I've seen many nativity scenes from different places around the world and they're all unique and interesting.
Joseph's Silence
If you were going to write a play based on the Christmas story you would notice that Mary would have a lot of lines, but Joseph wouldn’t have any. In fact, when you read through the gospels and look at the whole Christmas story, none of his words are written down. Joseph is completely silent. Since we can’t read his words, what can we learn from his actions?
Prayer Guide: Suffering
An Honest Prayer
You probably know that King Saul, the first king of Israel, was not a very good king. When I think about his story, I am really thankful that Israel was not stuck with Saul as their only leader. Fortunately God sent Samuel the prophet to be his representative and a voice of reason to the people and their king.
A Guide to Manhood
A Real Junior Higher
Search Me!
Responsibility
Identity
Abortion
In Acts 3:15 Jesus is called the Author of Life. In the beginning it was God who conceptualized life and created it. Every person on earth is a creation of God and has their life because of him. God is involved at every step of the process of creating new life. At the start, it is God who determines the number of our days (Job 14:5) and that includes not only when they end, but when they begin. To Jeremiah God said, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” (Jer 1:5). It is clear from the scriptures that God is also the one who opens or closes the womb (Gen 20:18, Gen 29:31). It is God who promised and provided offspring for Abraham. The sign of the covenant with Abraham was circumcision so that Abraham had a visual reminder when he laid with his wife that it was God who would provide. Psalm 139:13 says, “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.” After opening the womb it is God who knits us together. Psalm 17:14 refers to a child in the womb as treasure. In Isaiah 49:1 the prophet wrote, “The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.” There are numerous stories of God working in the womb with children that he has a special plan and purpose for. In Luke 1:44 we even have the unborn John the Baptist leaping for joy and thus expressing life and even emotion. Life is a sacred miraculous creation of God from the moment of conception. Any termination of life before birth is nothing less than murder. Murder is a violation of the ten commandments (Exodus 20:13) and the punishment in scripture is the death penalty (Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12).
