Prophecy Watch: The Return of Israel ““When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people, tell them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king... Read more
National Pride Brings Desolation “I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and its cities will be a desolation among ruined cities for 40 years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them across the countries.” (Ezekiel 29:12, HCSB) God didn’t just exile the Israelites. He also exiled the Egyptians. He exiled Israel to keep them humble, and to pay for sin. In the case of Israel, they would return and grow to... Read more
Fork in the Road “For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver. The answer marked Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.” (Ezekiel 21:21–22, HCSB)... Read more
Protection for the Faithful “Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherub where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man clothed in linen with the writing equipment at his side. “Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the Lord said to him, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.”” (Ezekiel 9:3–4, HCSB) Here is... Read more
Leading a Double Life ““Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known? Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it.” This is the... Read more
God Is Bigger Than the Election “A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever He chooses.” (Proverbs 21:1, HCSB) Right now is election season. The United States is less than three weeks from an election between two candidates (Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.) It has been a long election season. Many wish for it to be over. There are have been many comments made about who should be the right president for... Read more
Dinner with Demons? “No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons! You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons. Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?” (1 Corinthians 10:20–22, HCSB) When we get involved in idolatrous practices or things... Read more
His Faithful Love Endures Forever “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.” (Psalm 118:29, HCSB) We should learn to give thanks to God for one reason alone: His faithful love endures forever. What does this mean? It means simply that God will never quit loving me. What does that really mean? It means that even though I am a sinner, even though I a person who can’t be trusted from one second to... Read more
Having a Heart with Integrity “A Davidic psalm. I will sing of faithful love and justice; I will sing praise to You, Lord. I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will live with a heart of integrity in my house. I will not set anything worthless before my eyes. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me. A devious heart will be far from me; I will... Read more
Mark 6:30-44 My Burden for Lost People Officer Tori Matthews of the Southern California Humane Society got an emergency call: a boy’s pet iguana had been scared up a tree by a neighbor’s dog. It then fell from the tree into a swimming pool, where it sank like a brick. Officer Matthews came with her net. She dived into the pool, emerging seconds later with the pet’s limp body. As the Arizona Republic (2/14/95) reported, she thought, Well, you do... Read more
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