Author: Norm

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. [Matthew 7:13-14] According to Jesus, there are two paths that…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8] God wants to give us knowledge, wisdom, insight, protection, guidance,…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous–to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. [Luke 1:17] These words describe the mission of John the Baptist,…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Ahab, king of Israel wants to fight with Ben Hadad, to get a city back. Asking Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, for help, he wants to seek direction from the Lord through the prophets. Ahab has prophets he likes, the ones who only tell him what he wants to hear. But Jehoshaphat insists…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death. [1 Kings 21:10] As a follower of Jesus, I am committed to the truth, to telling the truth and to living according to the truth. This…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: He said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people.’ ” [1 Kings 20:42] Ahab is a wicked king, Israel is falling apart. This chapter highlights God’s ongoing concern…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. [1 Kings 18:28-29] What does it take to…