the fall of the church as we know it?
SCRIPTURE: Amos 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.” [Amos 7:12-13] Amos is accused of speaking against the holy structures…
chosen for a purpose
SCRIPTURE: Amos 6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! [Amos 6:1] Complacent and proud, living as if everything is OK, ignoring the need and crisis surrounding them… this is NOT good…
worship noise?
SCRIPTURE: Amos 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is what the LORD says to Israel: “Seek me and live; do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. [Amos 5:4-5] The people of Israel were very religious, just not very righteous. They claimed to worship God, but their lifestyles and attitudes betrayed wordliness. They did…
pay attention!
read the signs!
SCRIPTURE: Amos 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing? Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a…
just like the others?
SCRIPTURE: Amos 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed… They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as…
why He roars and thunders
SCRIPTURE: Amos 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem… [Amos 1:2] So God is angry, what else is new – seems like the whole OT is about an angry God. Though this thought may go through our minds, I believe we do God an injustice. If we appreciated the seriousness of the crimes…
‘never give up, never surrender!’
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 123 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the…
loving the church
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 122 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” For the sake of the house…