How far into the future do you plan? Do you look forward to something in the distant future? Or are you only looking at later today or tomorrow? Do you plan beyond next week? What are you anticipating? What has you joyously anxious while waiting for it to happen? Planning for the future can beContinue reading “Looking Forward”
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Are You Ready?
Are you ready? Do you believe in being prepared? Do you train yourself to be prepared for whatever life throws your way? Do you think about the many possibilities for any given situation? Or do you just take life as it comes? Do you live life willy nilly? Being ready for any given situation isContinue reading “Are You Ready?”
A Shepherd’s Responsibility
How responsible do you feel for your ability to obey God’s commands? Do you feel it is all on you or does some of it rest on someone else? Is there a leader you look to for guidance? Are you willing to follow a leader who has your best interest at heart? Even though thereContinue reading “A Shepherd’s Responsibility”
Follow God’s Command to Go
Do you like to be told what to do? Do you obey commands from others? Are you willing to follow a good leader? If you are unwilling to follow human leaders and their commands, how can you follow God and his commands? Following is not always easy. It is harder today than it has everContinue reading “Follow God’s Command to Go”
God at Work
Have you experienced a back and forth of good and bad? Did you wonder when the seesaw would end? Were you wishing there was something you could do to stabilize yourself? Did you consider God was in control? Did you look forward to God turning it all to your good? The Israelites had been throughContinue reading “God at Work”
Lamenting to God
Not many of us have experienced a city being abandoned. We don’t know what it is like to have a foreign army drive out the citizens of a city and take captive anyone who remains. We cannot fully understand the feelings of helplessness, loss, grief, and depression. The Israelites experienced all of it when theyContinue reading “Lamenting to God”
Molded By God
Children can be molded by their environment, teaching, and discipline. If we teach them good life skills at a young age, we set them up for success later in life. Yet, if they turn away from the good life skills they were taught, calamity can befall them. They are much more open to learn whenContinue reading “Molded By God”
Plumb Line
How do you determine if a wall is straight? How do you ensure a wall is straight as you build it? Have you heard of a plumb line? Have you used a plumb line? Do you know that a plumb line is a taught string between two points? Why would God reference a plumb line?Continue reading “Plumb Line”
Set Free
What comes to mind when you hear the word freedom? Do you think of being able to do whatever you want? Do you think of financial freedom? Do you think of being free to make your own choices? Do you think of freedom as being the opposite of slavery? Freedom can mean different things toContinue reading “Set Free”
Law vs Faith
How well do you fall every law in the nation, state, and local area in which you live? Are there some laws you ignore? Do you attempt to obey them all? Have you found it near impossible to obey every law? Have you considered the consequences for breaking a law? Obeying every law in theContinue reading “Law vs Faith”
Marty Pressey 