| SCRIPTURE | TOPIC | DATE | THEME | JOURNAL |
| Mt 14:20b | Abundance | 02.12.08 | "Left OVER" is a term that aptly applies to Jesus' miracle of feeding the five thousand. | |
| Ps 6:5 | Accomplishment | 11.27.08 | The only way to accomplish anything is to make slight advances every day. | |
| Ecc 2:4b | Accomplishments | 08.24.08 | It's possible to have all the world's pleasures and still be below poverty level in the family of God. |
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| Mt 15:13 | Action, Inappropriate | 04.04.08 | Someone passing by should not presume to do the culling work of the Gardener. | |
| Prov 1:16 | Actions | 07.13.08 | Expediency is measured by how something is done, not how fast. | |
| Ecc 2:3 | Addiction | 08.10.08 | Experimentation in questionable activities is fine - if you're willing to accept the lifetime of addiction that may go with it. | |
| Ps 2:7 | Adoption | 06.13.08 | God loved us so much He was willing to take us just the way we were when no one else cared. | |
| Gen 35:3 | Altar | 03.28.08 | We need to remember those times when God's presence has been undeniable. | |
| Ps 4:1a | Answers | 07.21.08 | Why should we expect God to answer us if we don't answer when He calls? | |
| Gen 37:15 | Answers | 09.03.08 | We should look for answers where the Light is better. | |
| Ps 4:6a | Answers | 07.29.08 | People looking for answers don't always ask the right question. | |
| Gen 36:10 | Appeasement | 05.09.08 | Appeasement is always easier to swallow than the truth. | |
| Ecc 1:13a | Arrogance | 06.30.08 | Self esteem is good, but too much of it can lead someone to think far too much of themselves. | |
| Mt 15:15 | Asking | 04.08.08 | We should never be ashamed to ask for clarification. | |
| Prov 2b-3 | Asking | 05.21.08 | If we can't discern truth, understand God's will or act according to a strong moral compass, it's likely we never saw the need to ask for it. | |
| Gen 34:1 | Association | 02.15.08 | Wrong company not only corrupts but often leads to quick and undesirable consequences. | |
| Ps 1:1 | Association | 05.13.08 | Look at the wrong crowd long enough and you'll eventually hang with them, agree with them, do what they do and wind up being miserable like them. | |
| Gen 38:1 | Associations | 10.20.08 | When you are friends with the wrong crowd, expect to make decisions they'd approve. | |
| Mt 15:22 | Athiest | 04.14.08 | You know, I've never seen an atheist-run funeral home. | |
| Mt 14:14 | Attention | 01.19.08 | It's good to close your eyes in prayer, but how can you see what God is doing if you never open them to see what He sees? | |
| Mt 16:19a | Authority | 10.07.08 | Responsibility without authority is a passport to failure. | |
| Mt 14:28 | Authority | 03.01.08 | Authority, no matter how potent, is rendered meaningless unless it is put into play. | |
| Mt 17:7 | Blame | 12.24.08 | Playing the blame game will likely come back to haunt you another day. | |
| Gen 38:26 | Blame | 11.30.08 | Blaming someone is hypocrisy, most-often a by-product of guilt. | |
| Gen 38:7 | Blame | 11.03.08 | It's can be a short game when we swap licks with God. | |
| Ps 2:12b | Blessed | 06.18.08 | Being blessed is having all you need to honor God with grateful thanks-living. | |
| Mt 15:26 | Blessing | 04.24.08 | We should never be embarassed at the level of God's blessing on those who are saved. | |
| Gen 36:8 | Blessing | 04.23.08 | Few parents understand the power of a blessing given to their children. | |
| Mt 16:17 | Blessing | 09.23.08 | There's no greater blessing for a believer than knowing you're family. | |
| Gen 32:29 | Blessing | 01.20.08 | There are blessings in store for us when we approach God in prayer. | |
| Mt 14:20a | Blessing | 02.10.08 | We'll freely accept showers of blessing from the Blesser, yet never, seldom if ever, bless Him in return. | |
| Mt 14:19 | Blessing, Missed | 02.04.08 | I'm afraid sometime we're so busy doing what we think God wants us to do, we run right past him and miss the blessing. | |
| Ps 3:7a | Blessings | 07.09.08 | Someday we'll learn our richest blessings went largely unnoticed. | |
| Ps 2:8 | Blessings | 06.14.08 | Blessings are as permanent as the One who owns them and transfers to you. | |
| Gen 37:31 | Blood | 10.01.08 | Since creation, shed blood has been the mark and the price of redemption. | |
| Mt 14:4 | Boldness | 01.03.08 | A real witness welcomes the consequence of speaking the truth to someone with power to kill them. | |
| Mt 14:5 | Boldness | 01.05.08 | If we really believed what will happen to lost people, we'd be more bold in our witness. | |
| Mt 15:24 | Change | 04.20.08 | We should be faithful to our calling, but flexible enough to change course. | |
| Gen 34:10 | Character | 02.29.08 | The value of someone's character is determined by how little it takes for him to give up godly conviction. | |
| Ecc 1:2 | Character | 05.27.08 | Character is measured by what you do when your feelings contradict your faith. | |
| Gen 34:30 | Children | 03.16.08 | Trouble comes back to the parents who plant and grow it in the hearts of their children. | |
| Gen 33:5 | Children | 01.30.08 | As Christian parents, we should have resolute conviction to not only raise our kids right, but also pray for them. | |
| Ps 1:5 | Christ, Dead in | 05.20.08 | Without God in your life and his Word in your heart; you're like a magnet with schizophrenia; you have little to no attraction for God and you feel inclined to push Christians away the closer they get. | |
| Ps 1:4 | Christ, Alive in | 05.19.08 | If you're a believer, why does it sometime require close examination to reveal how you're different from a person still dead in his sin? | |
| Mt 17:8 | Coincidence | 12.29.08 | What the world calls coincidence, believers call divine intervention. | |
| Mt 14:14 | Compassion | 01.21.08 | Real compassion means doing something and not just expressing pity. | |
| Gen 34:9 | Compromise | 02.27.08 | Loss of godly conviction starts when we lower God's standard to avoid offending the world. | |
| Mt 16:6 | Compromise | 08.21.08 | Continually keeping the company of cunning crafters of circumcism leads to compromise. | |
| Mt 15:18 | Condemnation | 04.12.08 | We should consider the source before condemning the action. | |
| Mt 14:12 | Confession | 01.13.08 | We needn't be afraid to tell Jesus what he already knows, but we should be afraid to keep from Him what we don't want Him to know. | |
| Gen 39:20 | Confidence | 12.30.08 | Jesus often confides in those close to Him before making things known to everyone else. | |
| Gen 39:9b | Confidence | 12.23.08 | When Jesus touches our life, we're made stronger and bolder. | |
| Gen 34:24 | Confirmation | 03.10.08 | Majority opinion doesn't make it the right decision. | |
| Mt 17:5b | Confirmation | 12.17.08 | How many times should God have to confirm what He's already told us? | |
| Gen 34:2 | Consequences | 02.17.08 | No amount of liberty or privilege should lead us to conclude we have the right to sin without consequence. | |
| Ecc 1:5 | Consistency | 05.31.08 | The sun rises every morning even if storm clouds block its view. | |
| Ecc 2:14 | Contentment | 09.28.08 | A wise man learns to bloom where he's planted, but a fool looks for a better place to take root. | |
| Mt 16:17b | Control | 09.25.08 | There's a heavenly transfer of control from us to the Holy Spirit when we surrender to the Lordship of Christ. | |
| Prov 1:11a | Counsel | 06.22.08 | Just because we feel right about something, doesn't mean it's right. | |
| Ecc 1:1 | Courage | 05.15.08 | God expects us to stand alone if neccessary, but thank God, he never intended for us to go it alone. | |
| Ecc 2:4 | Credit | 08.17.08 | Is their a discernable difference in what we have done and what God wanted to do? |
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| Gen 35:5 | Criticism | 04.01.08 | When we're following Jesus, we don't need to worry about what people around us think. | |
| Gen 37:35 | Death | 10.13.08 | Death doesn't mark the end of our heavenly journey, but merely a change in the route we take. | |
| Gen 38:6 | Death, Premature | 10.29.08 | If left unchecked, sin converts personal choice into prisionment that can prematurely lead to death. | |
| Ps 5:6 | Deception | 09.12.08 | I wonder how many politicians and media personalities will be standing tomorrow if today is payday for those who tell lies? | |
| Gen 37:32 | Deception | 10.06.08 | Deception is leading someone to believe something you know to be untrue. | |
| Ps 3:1 | Defeat | 07.03.08 | The natural man evaluates potential on the basis of opposition. | |
| Mt 14:22 | Dependence | 02.16.08 | For those times it seems God's not around, we should take comfort He's got a special plan for us and will be there when we need Him most. | |
| Mt 14:13 | Desire | 01.17.08 | If the world thought they could spend personal time with Jesus, they'd do whatever it took to go to Him, but will we, His children, do the same? | |
| Mt 15:37 | Desire | 08.07.08 | God's desire is to meet or exceed my desire when my desire is consistent with His desire. | |
| Ps 6:6 | Desire | 12.04.08 | Persistence in the best indicator of desire. | |
| Ecc 2:17 | Despair | 10.12.08 | Despair is but one breath away from hope when we lose sight of Divine providence. | |
| Mt 16:18a | Determination | 09.30.08 | As the church, let us pray that our hardness is holy determination and not obstinance. | |
| Gen 34:15 | Determination | 03.04.08 | Conditions are seldom considered a deal breaker when you've already decided to have something. | |
| Gen 32:10b | Direction | 01.02.08 | The past is important, but not as much as the present. | |
| Gen 33:18a | Directions | 02.11.08 | To get anywhere we need a map that shows the Way, a working Compass or a faithful Companion who knows the Way. | |
| Gen 37:4 | Disappointment | 05.05.08 | When all seems lost, it's important to understand there's always hope. | |
| Gen 34:7c | Disappointment | 02.25.08 | Disappointments come, but it's how we respond that reveals whether we're winners or losers. | |
| Mt 14:2b | Discernment | 01.01.08 | We can't understand God in the context of our experience and see Him for who He truly is. | |
| Mt 16:11 | Discernment | 09.04.08 | The only way to tell the difference between good and bad teaching is to know the difference. | |
| Gen 33:10b | Discernment | 02.03.08 | Watching the indwelling Holy Spirit work in people lets me know how to pray for them. | |
| Mt 16:24 | Discipleship | 11.04.08 | Discipleship requires checking personal preference at the door. | |
| Prov 1:8a | Discipline | 06.19.08 | It is most often through words that we're taught, but discipline may first be required to get our attention. | |
| Ps 6:1 | Discipline | 10.31.08 | Mistakes and discipline mark the path of spiritual growth. | |
| Gen 33:8 | Disobedience | 02.01.08 | If anything, unsolicited email has taught us not everything you see or read is authentic and without malice or hidden motive. | |
| Mt 14:33 | Doubt | 03.13.08 | How many miracles will it take to prove Jesus is who he says he is? | |
| Gen 34:30b | Doubt | 03.20.08 | When you compare the enemy's strength to your own, you forget who is the only One who can defeat him. | |
| Mt 17:3 | Doubt | 12.08.08 | Confirmation is great, but great faith doesn't require it. | |
| Ecc 2:25 | Emptiness | 11.15.08 | Nothing fills the God-shaped hole in our life but the Holy Spirit. | |
| Gen 36:12 | Enemies | 04.25.08 | Sin is like flypaper that attracts our enemies. | |
| Ecc 2:2 | Enjoyment | 08.03.08 | It's impossible to compare myself to another human and be totally happy. | |
| Ps 5:4 | Evil | 08.29.08 | When evil is invited into our home, it tends to take up residence. | |
| Ecc 1:7b | Example | 06.03.08 | Anyone who follows godless men are in danger of going right down the drain with them when life flushes the toliet. | |
| Prov 1:15 | Example, Bad | 07.12.08 | The phrase "Monkey see, monkey do" demotes animals to the level of sinful man. | |
| Gen 34:7b | Examples, Godly | 02.23.08 | Why do bad things happen to bad people usually at the hands of good people? | |
| Gen 38:23 | Excuses | 11.23.08 | Don't excuse yourself; your enemies won't accept it and your friends won't require it. | |
| Gen 37:27b | Excuses | 09.24.08 | We can try to defend our actions, but consequences may rise up to testify against us. | |
| Mt 14:15 | Excuses | 01.25.08 | When it comes to praying, taking notice of what's wrong exposes our lack of faith and the fact we don't have a teachable spirit. | |
| Mt 14:26b | Expectation | 02.26.08 | We should not be surprised when God acts in a way that is contrary to our expectation. | |
| Gen 34:4 | Expectations | 02.21.08 | Expectations placed in anything or anyone other than God are a disappointment waiting to happen. | |
| Ps 5:3 | Expectations | 08.22.08 | False expectations lead to praying for the wrong thing. | |
| Ecc 2:12 | Experience | 09.21.08 | The good and bad of what we experience influences those around us. | |
| Pr 1:25 | Experience | 08.30.08 | Experience doesn't matter when someone has a teachable spirit, knows right from wrong, speaks the truth without contradiction or use of a teleprompter, and surrounds himself with the right kind of counsel. | |
| Mt 14:30a | Failure | 03.05.08 | Concentrate on failure long enough and you'll do whatever it takes to get there. | |
| Mt 16:23b | Failures | 10.30.08 | Failures are built upon a human's opinion plus God's. | |
| Mt 15:28a | Faith | 04.28.08 | Healing comes by faith, but too many people need healing to have faith. | |
| Mt 14:31 | Faith | 03.09.08 | Faith must be exercised if we want to see what God can do. | |
| Gen 33:4 | Family | 01.28.08 | God has placed within us a love and loyalty for family above everything else. Would that we, the family of God, would demonstrate such toward each other. | |
| Mt 15:32b | Fasting | 05.08.08 | Anything that takes priority over eating, deserves recognition. | |
| Ps 3:5 | Favor, God's | 07.07.08 | If God is on our side, what else matters? | |
| Gen 37:3 | Favoritism | 08.11.08 | If you diminish someone's significance, don't expect God to always agree with you. | |
| Gen 37:3 | Favortism | 05.03.08 | Favortism is the privilege of a parent, who may not be prepared for the reprisal of siblings. | |
| Ps 2:4 | Fear | 06.08.08 | New-age religionists should tremble because the only time we know God laughed was when He mocked people just like them. | |
| Gen 33:3 | Fear | 01.26.08 | Respect and fear seem similar until you realize one is earned and the other is not. | |
| Ps 4:4a | Fear | 07.26.08 | Let me get this straight; is it fear or reverential respect that causes me to shake in my boots? | |
| Pro 1:26 | Fear | 09.06.08 | It's not mother nature whom we should fear offending. | |
| Gen 32:11 | Fear | 01.06.08 | Which comes first, fear of the unknown or not knowing Who to fear? | |
| Mt 14:26 | Fear | 02.24.08 | Most believers won't have a fear of God until they stand in front on him on Judgment Day. | |
| Ps 6:2b | Fear | 11.13.08 | It takes a little mind to create a little god. | |
| Ps 2:5a | Fear | 06.09.08 | Forget respect, when anger is directed at us by someone with power to end our life, a fearful dread is my natural reaction. | |
| Mt 14:27 | Fear | 02.28.08 | Fear may create a knee-jerk reaction, but shouldn't restrict our confidence in God to help us. | |
| Mt 14:29 | Fellowship | 03.03.08 | If we're not close to God right now, it wasn't him that moved. | |
| Gen 35:28 | Finish | 04.17.08 | Will you finish what you started before you run out of time? | |
| Ps 5:9 | Flattery | 10.03.08 | Praise and flattery seem similar, but one is overflow from the heart and the other calculation from the head. | |
| Prov 1:7b | Fool | 05.26.08 | A fool rejects the truth, accepts any opinion supporting his and does it with pride and obstinance. | |
| Gen 37:18 | Friends | 09.10.08 | You're safe thinking the world is your friend as long as you don't turn your back on it. | |
| Ps 1:3a | Fruit Bearing | 05.17.08 | Fruit-bearing depends on good soil and sustenance while fruit sharing depends on being picked and eaten. | |
| Ps 1:5 | Future | 06.04.08 | Generally speaking, we should care more for what will last than what won't. | |
| Gen 39:1 | Future | 12.07.08 | No matter where we go, God is already there, preparing a way we can glorify Him. | |
| Gen 33:11 | Giving | 02.05.08 | A person with a grateful spirit gives thanks to the Giver and gives to others in the same spirit. | |
| Mt 15:23a | Gospel | 04.16.08 | Why do Christians feel the need to comfort those who reject the Gospel? | |
| Mt 15:27 | Grace | 04.26.08 | The grace of Jesus trumps sin everytime. | |
| Gen 32:29 | Gratitude | 01.18.08 | It's amazing that after receiving a fabulous gift or favor, we're content to receive it and keep it without knowing who gave it and why. | |
| Prov 1:19 | Greed | 07.16.08 | If greed is the opposite of a giving spirit, then greed must be a losing spirit. | |
| Gen 37:34 | Grief | 10.08.08 | How much mourning is for our loss and how much is for show? | |
| Gen 35:21 | Grief | 04.15.08 | There's a reason why caskets don't have wheels. | |
| Gen 39:19 | Growth, Christian | 12.28.08 | Anything restricting the growth of a living thing should be removed, not just cut back. | |
| Prov 1:4 | Gullible | 05.22.08 | If we don't have knowledge of his Word, will and way when we're young, then we'll be gullible when we're old. | |
| Gen 37:20 | Hate | 09.15.08 | The bitter hate within one person can turn into bold action when others agree with his hate and then expect him to lead their mob. | |
| Mt 14:36b | Healing | 03.19.08 | When we need help, we need but get closer to Jesus. | |
| Gen 37:8b | Hearing | 08.20.08 | Just hearing something doesn't mean you're listening. | |
| Gen 35:9 | Hearing | 04.03.08 | We should never consider we've heard everything God wants to tell us. | |
| Gen 33:17 | Heaven | 02.09.08 | This life affords us time to know Jesus before taking up permanent residence with Him. | |
| Gen 35:1 | Heaven | 03.24.08 | Heaven is not only sanctuary, but the place we can physically follow Jesus. | |
| Gen 35:13 | Heaven | 04.07.08 | Can you imagine opening your eyes at the end of a prayer, see Jesus opening his and finding you're in glory? | |
| Gen 32:16 | Hide | 01.10.08 | When we do something to impress someone, we'd better be ready to explain to the discerning person what we're trying to hide. | |
| Ecc 1:15 | History | 07.02.08 | To rewrite history, all you have to do replace facts in school books with your nonsense, and endure the protest of sensible people until enough lazy people accept it. | |
| Ecc 1:6 | Holy Spirit | 06.01.08 | We may not see, feel or understand it, but the Holy Spirit is always working to make us like Jesus. | |
| Ps 2:12a | Homage | 06.17.08 | Paying homage to God isn't mandatory in this life, but it's compulsary in the next, so why not get used to it down here? | |
| Gen 37:1 | Home | 04.27.08 | Where you live is not nearly as important as how you live. | |
| Gen 37:1 | Home | 08.04.08 | Where we choose to live is irrevelant, it's who we choose to live with that's important. | |
| Gen 37:2 | Honesty | 08.06.08 | Don't think that being honest is without consequence. | |
| Prov 1:14 | Honor | 06.26.08 | I don't know about honor among thieves, but at least they admit who they are and what they do. | |
| Gen 34:19b | Honor | 03.06.08 | As a person who keeps his word, you will be afforded opportunities most people will never know. | |
| Mt 15:2 | Idolatry | 03.23.08 | When tradition keeps us believing God is still at work, we make tradition a golden idol. | |
| Pr 1:32 | Indifference | 10.04.08 | Apathy is like watching termites eat the bark off your life. | |
| Mt 16:28 | Individuality | 11.26.08 | No one has ever experienced the unique opportunities I will have today. | |
| Ecc 1:9a | Inevitability | 06.28.08 | Habits are like rabbits; if you leave 'em alone, they'll make more. | |
| Ps 3:8b | Inheritance | 07.11.08 | While its true God has no grand-children, it's also true they will likely inherit their parents' blessing as well as the consequences of their sin. | |
| Pr 2:3a | Insight | 11.01.08 | Prayer is not only the door to knowledge, it also the key to unlocking divine perspective. | |
| Ps 1:2 | Instruction | 05.16.08 | It's impossible to do what's expected if you haven't listened to instruction. | |
| Prov 1:17 | Intentions | 07.14.08 | Actions usually speak for themselves whereas intentions require explanation. | |
| Gen 37:36 | Intercession | 10.15.08 | God is working in our life, even while we wallow in the mud of self-pity and doubt. | |
| Mt 14:18 | Intercession | 02.02.08 | Prayer is spending time with God and intercession is prayer with feet. | |
| Gen 32:28 | Intimacy | 01.16.08 | Someone who struggles with God has to be close enough to reach Him or its like losing a bout of shadow boxing. | |
Ps 3:6 |
Intimidation | 07.08.08 | Intimidation is what I feel when I'm made to feel worthless by someone just like me. | |
| Ps 4:7 | Joy | 07.31.08 | Joy, unlike happiness, finds you and not the other way around; one lasts and the other doesn't. | |
| Ecc 2:26a | Joy | 11.22.08 | When pleasing God brings you joy, how much more do you need? | |
| Mt 16:27b | Justice | 11.24.08 | A person should never ask for justice when mercy is on the table. | |
| Ps 5:10 | Justice | 10.10.08 | Sometime the best reward for wickedness is having to live with the consequences. | |
| Ecc 1:18 | Justice | 07.20.08 | How do you pray for someone caught in the intersection of rebellion and justice? | |
| Pr 2:5 | Knowledge | 11.21.08 | I wonder if knowing what God knows, we will go where He wants us to go? | |
| Prov 1:7a | Knowledge | 05.25.08 | Without a healthy respect for God, gaining knowledge is like applying suntan lotion to a corpse. | |
| Ecc 1:16b | Knowledge | 07.18.08 | Knowing what to do is good, but doing something with what you know is better. | |
| Ecc 2:26b | Labor | 11.29.08 | Is it any surprise to learn that struggling to make a living is connected to sin? | |
| Ps 2:10 | Leaders, Civic | 06.16.08 | Change is bad when "improvements" move us farther from God. | |
| Prov 1:5 | Learn, Failure to | 05.23.08 | A fool will not listen and therefore will never believe anything that contradicts his false assumptions. | |
| Ecc 2:16 | Legacy | 10.05.08 | It's funny how reputations change after death. | |
| Ecc 1:4 | Life | 05.30.08 | No one controls their birth but all of us decide how we live. | |
| Ecc 1:2 | Life | 05.28.08 | Work is like fishing in that you can evaluate your investment by what you've gained and lost at the end of the day. | |
| Ps 4:6b | Light | 07.30.08 | Light exposes both good and bad to those who are paying attention. | |
| Prov 1:18 | Listening | 07.15.08 | Refusal to listen to God sets into motion a gradual self-destruction. | |
| Ps 2:5c | Lordship of Christ | 06.11.08 | "Mine, yours and ours" is a oxymoron created by morons who refuse to accept the Lordship of Christ - it's all His, His and His! | |
| Mt 16:26 | Loser | 11.12.08 | The Biggest Loser is the one who wins every game but the one that counts for eternity. | |
| Ps 2:1 | Loser | 06.05.08 | The moment we leave God out of the equation, we join the losing team. | |
| Mt 16:25 | Losing | 11.10.08 | In the race of life, losing is not just important, it's the only thing! | |
| Gen 34:29 | Loss | 03.14.08 | Losing everything only affects those without any heavenly possessions. | |
| Mt 16:9 | Love | 09.02.08 | The greatest demonstration of love might be patience. | |
| Mt 14:6-7 | Lust | 01.07.08 | If love is blind, then lust exposes a person's ignorance. | |
| Gen 36:2 | Marriage | 04.21.08 | If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a Canannite your wife. | |
| Ps 4:5 | Maturity | 07.28.08 | There's a reason training wheels are not made for adult-sized bikes. | |
| Ecc 2:19a | Maturity | 10.26.08 | Sometime parents are more childlike and less responsible than their children. | |
| Ps 4:4b | Meditation | 07.27.08 | Meditation is no more difficult than limiting distractions and thinking about God. | |
| Gen 33:11b | Meekness | 02.07.08 | Receiving is not that different from giving; both involve the free transfer of things that don't belong to us. | |
| Gen 35:14 | Memorials | 04.09.08 | Memorials are good when they lead us to worship God. | |
| Gen 32:12 | Memory | 01.08.08 | I guess sometime we need to remind God what He said (tongue in cheek). | |
| Pr 2:1 | Memory | 10.18.08 | Our mind will focus on whatever we commit to memory and flush whatever we don't. | |
| Gen 38:24a | Mercy | 11.25.08 | What if God got rid of things that displeased Him? | |
| Mt 14:19c | Ministry | 02.08.08 | Discipleship can be defined as continually praying for someone, teaching them how to do it and then seeing them do the same for someone else. | |
| Mt 14:16 | Ministry | 01.29.08 | It's obvious Jesus would rather work through us to minister to others rather than do it Himself via a miracle. | |
| Mt 14:15 | Ministry | 01.27.08 | Obstinate -n Someone who fails to recognize God's call to minister, even though He's already done far more than enough to inspire them. | |
| Mt 16:1 | Miracles | 08.12.08 | If all you think you need is one miracle in order to believe in God, don't waste your time or His. | |
| Pro 1:30 | Mistakes | 09.20.08 | Anyone can make a mistake, but doing it when you know the consequences is not so bright. | |
| Mt 16:7 | Needs | 08.26.08 | When we empty ourselves in service to the Lord, we won't have to worry about our needs. | |
| Mt 14:24 | Obedience | 02.20.08 | Obedience to God, more times than not, requires going in a direction opposite to common public opinion and facing resistance along the way. | |
| Gen 37:13b | Obedience | 09.01.08 | True obedience is 10% willingness and 90% eagerness. | |
| Pr 1:33 | Obedience | 10.11.08 | Obedience begins with hearing, is followed by listening and proven by resolve. | |
| Ps 6:4 | Obligation | 11.20.08 | Obligation should come from appreciation, not subjugation. | |
| Mt 15:12 | Offense | 04.02.08 | Trying to speak truth without offending someone is impossible. | |
| Mt 15:9 | Organization | 03.29.08 | How is it many organizations calling themselves "Christian," reject many of Christ's teaching? | |
| Ecc 1:11 | Past | 06.29.08 | You need not remember the past unless you want to avoid making the same mistakes in the future. | |
| Mt 16:27 | Patience | 11.19.08 | Patience is knowing God has the last word. | |
| Ps 4:8 | Peace | 08.01.08 | Peace is possible because someone is willing to sacrifice their life to defend it. | |
| Mt 16:13 | Perception | 09.11.08 | The place where the World Trade Centers once stood should serve to remind us ignoring the obvious can be dangerous if not fatal. | |
| Mt 15:23b | Persistence | 04.18.08 | Persistence when representing desperation can make a lot of noise. | |
| Gen 32:26 | Persistence | 01.14.08 | If we mean business when ask God for something, we won't do it one time and we won't stop looking for an answer. | |
| Gen 37:30 | Planning | 09.29.08 | No amount of calculation or head scratching can replace spending a few moments with God. | |
| Gen 38:14 | Pleasing | 11.11.08 | We'll never be what God wants until we stop trying to be a people-pleaser. | |
| Ps 4:2b | Politics | 07.23.08 | I understand politicans, it's the voters that give me concern. | |
| Gen 37:17 | Possessions | 09.08.08 | Few people value family and friends as much as material things. | |
| Ecc 2:11 | Possessions | 09.14.08 | Possessions pass from owner to beneficiary to legal heir, to nowhere and finally thin air. | |
| Ecc 2:26c | Possessions | 12.06.08 | As inheritors of the earth, we, the redeemed have title to everything in it. | |
| Prov 1:13 | Possessions | 06.25.08 | Possessions are marked by three variables: who bought it, who has it and how long it takes for the first two to account for nothing. | |
| Ecc 2:19b | Possessions | 11.02.08 | If you don't want other people playing with your toys after you're gone, get rid of them now. | |
| Ecc 2:18 | Possessions | 10.19.08 | You can have a death grip on your stuff, but when you're gone, so is your stuff. | |
| Gen 17:11 | Possibility | 08.27.08 | With God in the equation, all things are possible. | |
| Gen 38:11 | Possibility | 11.09.08 | It's impossible to out-manuver God. | |
| Mt 16:18b | Power | 10.02.08 | Nothing has power that God didn't give and no one access that He doesn't grant. | |
| Mt 14:36 | Power | 03.17.08 | Just being in the proximity of Jesus can prove to be more powerful than anything you've ever experienced. | |
| Mt 15:31b | Praise | 05.06.08 | What will it take for you to praise God? | |
| Mt 14:15 | Pray, When to | 01.23.08 | While there's no best time to pray, the evening proves to be the best time to review the day and prepare for the next. | |
| Pr 2:2 | Pray, How to | 10.25.08 | Knowing how to pray is as simple as filling your mind with Scripture and asking God to reveal it. | |
| Ps 4:3b | Prayer | 07.25.08 | Are you praying yourself or expecting someone else to do it for you? | |
| Pro 1:28 | Prayer, Answered | 09.13.08 | Don't think because prayer is an option today, it will be tommorrow. | |
| Mt 14:30b | Prayer, Effective | 03.07.08 | Prayer is proven to be most effective when paired with spontaneous desperation and least effective when performed like a ritual. | |
| Ps 4:3a | Prayer, Group | 07.24.08 | Prayer is not a group activity. | |
| Ps 3:4 | Prayer, Manner of | 07.06.08 | When it comes to praying, the way we do it is not nearly as important as the frequency we do it. | |
| Mt 14:23a | Prayer, Private | 02.18.08 | We need not ask what Jesus would do because in most every situation He'd be praying which requires spending time alone with the Father. | |
| Ps 5:2 | Prayer, Useless | 08.15.08 | Make provision for unanswered prayer and you can stop praying. | |
| Mt 15:28b | Prayer, Answered | 04.30.08 | Position and petition mark the place where faith becomes fruition. | |
| Pr 2:8 | Prayer, Answers to | 12.26.08 | God shows His love to us by witholding some things we think we need. | |
| Mt 15:30b | Prayer, Asking in | 05.04.08 | How can we expect anything if we never ask, and when we do, we do it one time. | |
| Pr 2:7a | Prayer, Asking in | 12.12.08 | The things of God are not for sale, but are free for the asking. | |
| Pr 2:3b | Prayer, Audible | 11.07.08 | The difference between silent and audible prayer is the degree of our desperation or need. | |
| Mt 15:25 | Prayer, Effective | 04.22.08 | The shortest prayer, "Lord, help me," may also be the most effective. | |
| Gen 37:2a | Preparation | 04.29.08 | The prep school for a man of God in training must be watching his father's sheep. | |
| Prov 1:11b | Preparation | 06.23.08 | Is there anything worse than dying prematurely with eternal matters left undone? | |
| Mt 14:25 | Presence | 02.22.08 | We don't have to look for God, because He's always with us, and even reveals Himself to remind that He's there. | |
| Mt 17:9 | Presence, God's | 12.31.08 | Light in my darkness and comfort in my sorrow, God is here, there and the air. | |
| Gen 37:21 | Pressure, Peer | 09.17.08 | Peer pressure stronger than conviction leads a person to compromise, then shared consequence. | |
| Gen 34:30b | Pressure, Peer | 03.18.08 | When we care more about what people think than what God thinks, trouble is on the way. | |
| Mt 16:19b | Privilege | 10.09.08 | I wonder what privilege we forfeit by not claiming God's promise? | |
| Mt 14:32 | Problems | 03.11.08 | Problems become bearable when we believe God is in control of our situation. | |
| Mt 16:21a | Procrastination | 10.16.08 | Procrastination accomplishes nothing except giving fear and dread time to grow. | |
| Ecc 3:2 | Procrastination | 12.20.08 | Today may be the last opportunity to say or do something I've been putting off till tomorrow. | |
| Mt 16:16 | Profession | 09.18.08 | Savation = (Confession + Profession + Repentance) | |
| Mt 15:8 | Profession | 03.27.08 | Profession is not always a good indication of a person's persuasion. | |
| Gen 33:1 | Promises | 01.24.08 | We waste time pondering potential problems when God said they're all toothless. | |
| Mt 14:9 | Promises | 01.11.08 | One man judges integrity by the way another keeps his word, but God judges them both on motive and the merit of their action. | |
| Ps 2:6 | Prophesying | 06.12.08 | Just as a jouranlist confirms a story before printing it; we should get God's opinion before interpreting Scripture and spreading it around. | |
| Ps 5:12 | Protection | 10.24.08 | True security is found behind our Lord Jesus, under His calling and beside Him on the front lines. | |
| Ps 3:3 | Protection | 07.05.08 | Protection is only as good as the Protector. | |
| Pr 2:7b | Protection | 12.19.08 | When trouble we didn't create reaches us, we're still under the shadow of the Almighty. | |
| Gen 38:27 | Providence | 12.02.08 | God's plan perseveres over man's hand. | |
| Ecc 3:2b | Provision, God's | 12.27.08 | The benefit package for believers is both in and out of this world. | |
| Gen 38:10 | Provoke | 11.05.08 | It may not be nice to provoke mother nature, but it can prove deadly to do it to God. | |
| Mt 16:22 | Question | 10.23.08 | It's ok to question God, but don't try to change His mind unless you've earned the right. | |
| Gen 34:31 | Question | 03.22.08 | There's nothing wrong with questioning God up to the point you ask, "Is that your final answer?" | |
| Mt 16:4 | Questions | 08.19.08 | No matter what the question, Jesus is in the answer. | |
| Ps 6:9 | Questions | 12.25.08 | Only the unredeemed should ask, "Where in the world is Christ Jesus?" | |
| Gen 37:10 | Reactions | 08.25.08 | Whatever you say when irritated reveals how much time you've been spending with God. | |
| Gen 35:29b | Reconcilation | 04.19.08 | Funerals are the time to reconcile, not remember and renew anger. | |
| Mt 16:21b | Redemption | 10.21.08 | Born once, die twice - born twice, die once - maybe. | |
| Ps 5:11 | Refuge | 10.17.08 | What is gained by God's grace makes every loss acceptable. | |
| Ps 2:3b | Rejection | 06.07.08 | When it comes to relating to God, resistance is not only futile, it's down right stupid. | |
| Mt 17:5 | Relationship | 12.15.08 | How can anyone remain the same after having experienced God? | |
Ps 6:8 |
Relationships | 12.18.08 | The only one who really cares about what happens to you is God. | |
| Mt 16:12a | Religion | 09.09.08 | Religion is read between the lines in Scripture and faith in the lines. | |
| Gen 35:15 | Reminder | 04.11.08 | We should do what we must to remind ourselves of God working in our life. | |
| Gen 35:2 | Repentance | 03.26.08 | Unlike modern man, Old Testament people had no problem understanding repentance. | |
| Gen 37:5 | Resentment | 05.07.08 | Resentment doesn't need reason, just a target. | |
| Mt 15:34 | Resources | 05.12.08 | God is able to use what we have to do His work. | |
| Gen 34:3 | Respect | 02.19.08 | It's funny how love doesn't always include respect even though respect is the first step in building a loving relationship. | |
| Gen 37:5 | Response | 08.18.08 | People probably won't respond well to what God has revealed to you. | |
| Mt 17:1 | Revelation | 12.01.08 | God reveals himself to all men, but some are looking more than others. | |
| Mt 16:20 | Revelation | 10.14.08 | It means more to discover something on your own rather than being told. | |
| Gen 35:11 | Revelation | 04.05.08 | God often reveals himself to us in manner consistent with our need. | |
| Ps 5:7 | Reverence | 09.19.08 | Acknowledging God is always good, but being an obedient servant of God is better. | |
| Pro 1:31 | Reward | 09.27.08 | If you're intent on doing your own thing, better hold your nose because the fruit of sin you're going to eat is rotten and it stinks. | |
| Mt 16:8b | Salutation, Prayer | 08.28.08 | When you're speaking to someone, do you repeat their name once or twice in every sentence? | |
| Mt 17:2 | Salvation | 12.03.08 | If God is not evident in every part of your life, one can only wonder if He's in there at all. | |
| Mt 16:15 | Salvation | 09.16.08 | God will never ask your pastor what YOU believe | |
| Gen 38:15 | Salvation | 11.16.08 | Even our sinful nature is a means by which God works in us. | |
| Gen 39:2 | Scripture | 12.09.08 | It's amazing how Scripture reduces man's voluminous deduction to a simple truth. | |
| Gen 37:4 | Secrets | 08.13.08 | When men know your secret, the natural tendency will be to keep it until there's a justifiable reason to use it against you. | |
| Mt 14:13 | Secrets | 01.15.08 | A man of God will entrust to the Heavenly Father things that no one else knows. | |
| Gen 32:11 | Security | 01.04.08 | It's good to know our mistakes don't carry over to heaven. | |
| Gen 32:24 | Seeking | 01.12.08 | God is looking for that person who is looking for Him. | |
| Mt 14:17 | Service | 01.31.08 | In Christ, ALL you have is ALL you need | |
| Ps 3:2 | Service, Secret | 07.04.08 | Secret service for the Lord is ok, but be prepared for the slanderous slaughter that goes with it. | |
| Mt 14:21 | Significance | 02.14.08 | What the world overlooks, God considers important. | |
| Mt 16:3 | Signs | 08.14.08 | If you see Revelation daily unfolding before your eyes and aren't looking up, then you better look out! | |
| Gen 35:4 | Sin | 03.30.08 | Our path should be a cemetery for discarded objects of sin. | |
| Ps 2:2 | Sin | 06.06.08 | The worst contagion in this life is sin, which leads to pride resulting in arrogance which is nothing more than kindling for the fire. | |
| Gen 39:7 | Sin | 12.21.08 | You don't need to worry about sin outside your door, chances are it's already in the house. | |
| Ecc 1:7a | Sin | 06.02.08 | A person will never rise above the level of those he hangs around. | |
| Ecc 2:10 | Sin, Appeal of | 08.31.08 | The longer we walk in the shadow of the Almighty, the more sin loses its appeal. | |
| Prov 1:12 | Sin, Life of | 06.24.08 | A life of sin is like a ballgame ending in sudden death, that no matter how hard you try, you can never win. | |
| Mt 14:8 | Sin, Second-hand | 01.09.08 | Be careful to whom you listen and whose advice you follow, otherwise you'll acquire their reputation and destiny. | |
| Gen 34:25b | Sin, Second-hand | 03.12.08 | Don't stand too close to sin, it's vacuum creates a suction you may not be able to resist. | |
| Gen 35:18 | Size | 04.13.08 | Isn't it amazing how huge things tend to come from small places. | |
| Gen 37:24 | Slander | 09.22.08 | Slander and murder are the same except one sheds blood and the other slings mud. | |
| Mt 15:17 | Speech, Bad | 04.10.08 | The Holy Spirit filters evil thoughts, but every man determines what trash goes out the mouth. | |
| Mt 15:1 | Status Quo | 03.21.08 | There can be no revival in the church until you're willing to break from the status quo and stand alone on God's Word. | |
| Mt 14:19b | Steward | 02.06.08 | Regardless of what you have, thank God for it and ask Him to bless it and multiply its effect in order to get glory from it. | |
| Ecc 1:13b | Stress | 07.01.08 | The character of a believer is the product of how they respond under stress and whose ability they exercise, God's or their own. | |
| Pr 1:24 | Stubbornness | 08.23.08 | Listening is a better indicator of spiritual maturity than hearing. | |
| Ecc 1:17 | Stupidity | 07.19.08 | It's not nice to call someone stupid even if he is. | |
| Ps 1:3b | Success | 05.18.08 | The true formula to success is remaining close to God, growing through His instruction and surrendering your plans to His. | |
| Mt 16:23a | Talk, Evil | 10.28.08 | It's one thing to be out of sync with God, but another thing altogether to speak for the opposition. | |
| Prov 1:9 | Teachable | 06.20.08 | A person with a teachable spirit is usually recognizable if for no other reason than the way God has blessed them. | |
| Ps 6:7 | Tears | 12.11.08 | Real men weep. | |
| Mt 17:6 | Terror | 12.22.08 | The feeling of terror is natural in the face of the overwhelming. | |
| Ps 2:5b | Terrorism | 06.10.08 | Scripture teaches that sometimes terrorism is often the only way to get attention and get a point across to someone who is ignoring you. | |
| Mt 15:14 | Testing | 04.06.08 | It is the responsibility of every hearer to test what's being said against God's word. | |
| Mt 15:36 | Thanksgiving | 08.05.08 | Miracles begin with a prayer of thanksgiving. | |
| Ecc 2:24 | Thanksgiving | 11.08.08 | Most of us show appreciation for big things while taking "lesser" things for granted. | |
| Ps 5:1 | Thoughts | 08.08.08 | When you're afraid to reveal your thoughts to God, you need to confess your fear and the sin you can't hide. | |
| Mt 15:29 | Time-out | 05.02.08 | Taking a time-out is constructive, as long as it's not from praying. | |
| Ecc 3:1 | Timing | 12.13.08 | Right things done at the wrong time just might render them a bad thing. | |
| Mt 15:6b | Tradition | 03.25.08 | When good things become tradition, they're one step from sacrilege. | |
| Gen 38:2 | Trangression | 10.22.08 | When we ride the waves of liberty outside of God's boundary, they may carry us further from home than we ever intended to go. | |
| Ps 4:1b | Trouble | 07.22.08 | If we never had any problems, I wonder if we'd ever pray? | |
| Gen 38:3 | Trouble | 10.27.08 | Why are we surprised when the fruit of our questionable activity gives birth to trouble? | |
| Ps 5:5 | Trouble-makers | 09.05.08 | Problems will no doubt come, but some people give them a mast and sail, advancing them with hot-air. | |
| Mt 15:33b | Trust | 05.10.08 | When we are truly trusting God, we don't need to look at the time or for a restaurant. | |
| Gen 32:30 | Trust | 01.22.08 | God is less concerned about our mess ups than our failure to trust Him. | |
| Gen 39:4 | Trust | 12.16.08 | Trust is gained by proving we're a "Yes" man to God and not men. | |
| Prov 1: | Trust | 06.21.08 | Somtime the only thing standing between us and the worse decision of our life is someone we think we can trust. |
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| Gen 38:17b | Trust | 11.18.08 | What does it say about our trust in God when we can't be trusted? | |
| Gen 37:2b | Truthfulness | 05.01.08 | We should always tell the truth, even if it means it might come back to bite us. | |
| Gen 34:13 | Truthfulness | 03.02.08 | It takes about the same amount of time to do the right thing as the wrong thing, but you don't need to lie in order to do the right thing. | |
| Mt 15:10b | Understanding | 03.31.08 | True understanding comes from seeing things from God's perspective. | |
| Pr 2:6b | Understanding | 12.05.08 | Just because we know something doesn't mean we understand it. | |
| Pr 1:22 | Understanding | 08.09.08 | Why is it that most people will not listen to anything that corrects what they misunderstand? | |
| Mt 16:26b | Value | 11.17.08 | There's no price sticker on life, but each person determines its value. | |
| Ecc 1:3 | Value | 05.29.08 | Worth is determined by evaluating the net effect of our gain and loss. | |
| Ps 3:8a | Victory | 07.10.08 | If you're tired of losing, join Jesus' team and begin doing what he does. | |
| Ps 2:9a | Victory | 06.15.08 | We are never called to compromise with the enemy, but to defeat them in God's Name. | |
| Gen 34:20 | Virtue | 03.08.08 | One way I can prove my integrity is to do what I commited to do even though I may not feel like doing it. | |
| Pr 11:2 | Vision, Tunnel | 03.15.08 | Tunnel vision is bad if God is not in the tunnel with you. | |
| Ps 5:8 | Way, God's | 09.26.08 | The first step in going the right direction is to turn and face the right direction. | |
| Ps 6:2a | Weakness | 11.06.08 | When we doubt what God can do, we actually limit Him doing it. | |
| Prov 1:5b-6 | Will, God's | 05.24.08 | I wonder how many people asking to know God's direction would go that way if they knew? | |
| Gen 36:11 | Wisdom | 05.11.08 | Wise men will listen to other wise men. | |
| Proverbs 1:1a | Wisdom | 05.14.08 | Many people have nothing to offer their children except consequences of their failures after they're gone. | |
| Pr 2:6a | Wisdom | 11.28.08 | Which comes first, asking God for wisdom or having wisdom to ask for it? | |
| Pr 2:4 | Wisdom | 11.14.08 | Don't expect to see things from God's viewpoint and not move. | |
| Ecc 1:16a | Wisdom | 07.17.08 | Pride is like lying; the moment you claim not to do it, you just proved you do. | |
| Gen 39:3 | Witnessing | 12.14.08 | The primary way people learn about God is by watching us. | |
| Ecc 1:8 | Word, God's | 06.27.08 | God's word not only addresses every issue we'll ever have, but it's multi-tasking and uniquely suited to the needs of the one reading it. | |
| Prov 1:20 | Word, God's | 08.02.08 | Nothing is quite as fulfilling as knowing Scripture and how it applys to every situation in my life. | |
| Pr 1:23b | Word, Revealed | 08.16.08 | If you think you know everything God wants to say to you, think again. | |
| Ecc 2:10 | Work | 09.07.08 | We should enjoy the work we do, especially since our primary job is to serve God. | |
| Mt 17:4 | Worship | 12.10.08 | In God's presence, our first inclination should be silence. | |
| Gen 33:20 | Worship | 02.13.08 | Over time sin leads us to worship a reminder rather than using it to remind us worship the Lord. |