November 18, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Psalm 8 OBSERVATIONS 1. God uses the weak (infants and children) to shame the strong. God’s greatness is not like the world’s conception of greatness, it is opposite. God’s greatness comes from caring for the weak, poor, needy, humbled, oppressed. He exalts the humbled and humbles the exalted. This is what makes…
quotes worth considering
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” (Stephen Covey) I remember reading Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Effective People over ten years ago, in particular I remember how the principles and practical lessons taught there were very relevant and helpful for me. Covey was a Mormon, and…
warning labels
So apparently the human race has developed to such a impressive state that we need to be reminded of the obvious… The following are warning labels, for our own protection: “Remove child before folding” — a warning label on a baby stroller “Does not supply oxygen” — a label on a common dust mask “Never…
Genesis 37:2-44:34
November 16-17, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Genesis 37:2-44:34 OBSERVATIONS What do you notice in this passage? APPLICATION What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER
who am I to judge?
November 15, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 7:1-6 OBSERVATIONS 1. Yikes, God will judge us the same way we judge others? Is He just trying to scare us away from judging others? Judging fairly is impossible for us, there are so many variables and circumstances, which only God knows. In addition there are our own biases and blind…
worry quotes
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” ? Corrie Ten Boom “How would your life be different if…You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take…
worrying doesn’t help anyway
November 14, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:25-34 OBSERVATIONS 1. Most of this is about why we should not worry. Because God cares for flowers and animals, and you are even more valuable than they are. Because life is more than the the things we usually worry about. Because God knows what you need. Because worrying doesn’t help…
push button for drama
Need a little drama in your life… then push the red button. But be warned, if you push the button, it will add some drama!
first love
November 13, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:19-24 OBSERVATIONS 1. Jesus is talking about what we value, what we consider our ‘treasures’. If we treasure temporal things, we will be disappointed, their sheen will fade. But there is treasure that never fades… heavenly treasure. But what is this treasure? People, family, relationships… not things? The things that God…
hungry
November 12, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:16-18 OBSERVATIONS 1. Jesus does not say we must fast, He is addressing when we choose to do it. To fast is to voluntarily withhold yourself from something (food, drink, other activity) in times of crisis, sorrow for sin, or to draw closer to God. In the OT there were prescribed…