SCRIPTURE: Numbers 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Here we go again. Another list of sacrifices. Sometimes it’s hard to fathom why so much bloodshed. And Samuel’s words seem hard to believe: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed…
working with the Lord of harvest
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: We serve a compassionate God. Jesus, Who shows us what God is like, embodies the love and mercy of God. He is concerned for everyone, no matter what their background, story, race, sin, gender, age, etc. He sees the whole mass of the human race as sheep needing a shepherd – “When…
God’s Earth Day!
Today is Earth Day. It would be better to call it “God’s Earth Day”. Our world belongs to God! “As followers of Jesus Christ, living in this world— which some seek to control, and others view with despair— we declare with joy and trust: Our world belongs to God!” We should celebrate “God’s Earth Day”…
the God of second chances
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Forty years have passed. Now is the time to prepare to enter the promised land. This is a new beginning, a new people. None of those numbered in Numbers 1 (twenty years and older) is still alive, except Moses, Joshua and Caleb. These people are described as “the Israelites who came out of…
more prayer walking
This past Sunday a group of us walked and prayed around Bolton C. Falby Public School. I have been enjoying it on my own, by it was an even greater blessing to do so as a group. I thought about the people of Israel marching around Jericho, but was not praying that the school walls…
one way or another
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: If he can’t get us one way, he will try another. Satan doesn’t care how he brings us down, he just keeps at it. He tries to defeat Israel with a curse [Numbers 23-24], but when that doesn’t work, he entices them with sexual pleasure – and succeeds. Jesus was tempted in the…
tell it like it is!
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: What is amazing is that God speaks to (and through) one who practices “sorcery” [Numbers 24:1]. God is not justifying sorcery [Leviticus 19:26], but showing that He rules even over pagan gods and religions. Humankind can rebel against God, defy His commands, and worship other ‘gods’, but they cannot block God’s purposes. God is…
the fight for organic is on!
I haven’t really been that involved in the issue of organic vs. genetically modified foods, but this video is a very fun perspective on it – “and may the Farm be with you!”
curses or blessings
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: God is giving Balak plenty of opportunity to repent, to come to his senses. Balaam, speaking from God, sheds light on this situation – these people are with God, and God is with them; do not resist them, join them! But Balak is deceived, and determined to get his own way. He…
hilarious public service announcement
Ok I admit it, I have too much time on my hands (sometimes). But there is something so real, so fun, so… hilarious about this post… right grandma? right oma?