“These are all warning markers—danger! —In our history books, written down so that we don’t repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are parallel—they at the beginning, we at the end—and we are just as capable of messing it up as they were. Don’t be so naive...
“ It so happened that as she continued in prayer before God, Eli was watching her closely. Hannah was praying in her heart, silently. Her lips moved, but no sound was heard. Eli jumped to the conclusion that she was drunk. He approached her and said, “You’re...
“And a voice came to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.” And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”...
“Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire, he was asked again, “Aren’t you one of his disciples?” “Of course not,” he replied. But one of the household slaves of the High Priest—a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off—asked, “Didn’t...
“A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she spoke: “This man was with Jesus!” Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know the man!” After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be...
“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. ” Proverbs 16:24When you trip and fall please don’t stay down. Get up and rise again.When you embark on a purposeful journey, when you...
“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you,And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”’ Numbers 6:24-26Almighty God spoke these words to Moses to...
“From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.” John 19:12The Jews were bent on having Jesus killed and it was Pontius Pilate that...
“And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” John 9:2When the disciples saw the man that was born blind their facts and logic led them to conclude and asked Jesus a question limiting HIM to choose one...
“And he commanded them, saying, “Thus you shall act in the fear of the Lord, faithfully and with a loyal heart: “ 2 Chronicles 19:9Amongst the many reforms that Jehoshaphat had to do was to appoint some of the Levites and priests, and some of the chief...