In the 8th chapter of the much-loved book of Esther, the Jews—who had been marked for annihilation—have received an edict allowing them to defend themselves against any aggression at any cost.
The English Standard Version of the Bible reads like this: “there was radiant happiness and joyous honor”.
It’s hard to imagine what this phrase means to us today, especially since….READ MORE
When does God’s plan becoming less-than in our eyes? When do we determine that His plan for our lives just I isn’t good enough? What makes us think that we have a better idea?
Every believer will find themselves sitting by the brook of Cherith at one time or other. It is a great opportunity to sit and wait on the LORD. We are so conditioned to push ahead, and keep trudging along, desperate to “make things happen”. When much of the time God is calling us to wait on Him to move.
We are all equal. But, it’s not until we turn to Christ will we become truly free. People can rally and protest, shout slogans and raise fists all they want but nothing will change that truth.
The flat-out truth is, the best any human can do is speculate on another person’s motives. Heck, we can’t even decipher our own motives much of the time!
Claws slashed across our hearts, razor-like teeth dug deeply into flesh, tearing bone from sinew, hot, putrid breath spread through every wound, leaving us damaged, bleeding and diseased. This is just one instance of the carnage that occurs when Christians “let down”.
What is it about us that we can’t remember to serve God with our entire being? After all, our very existence and future depends on it! We’re like the guy who’s been diagnosed with emphysema and is told—in no uncertain terms—never to smoke again, and as soon as he steps out of the doctors office he lights up!
Why can’t we remember God’s commandments for living God-honoring lives?
One of the features that makes the LORD’s Prayer so revered is that it is completely aligned with God’s Will and His Word. That is how we should pray!
There was no similarity between John the Baptist and the religious leaders of the day. So, why would God choose such a disheveled man to spread His message of hope?
The true redemption in this account comes from this union between Boaz and Ruth. Obed becomes the grandfather of David, king of Israel – and – forerunner of the King, Yeshua (Jesus).
In the book of Ruth, it’s easy to understand Naomi’s belief that God is “opposing” her desire for a pleasant, peaceful life with a full family. It isn’t as if living her idyllic life was God’s Plan A, and now He has to resort to Plan B. There is no Plan B.
Complacency is a deadly enemy of spiritual growth and the Christian’s responsibility towards Christ.
911. COVID-19. Could it be that we are misreading these events? What is the Christians initial response supposed to be?
We are indebted to the wrong thing! Christ is the only one we are to be indebted to. It is His immeasurable sacrifice which has brought about our freedom from sin and death.
The world CAN’T understand! One of the telltale signs of the damnation of the world is the continual rhetoric of so-called intelligent minds. If we’ve not experienced it firsthand, we’ve certainly heard it— people openly professing to have “read the Bible, cover to cover” and found it useless, or full of contradictions, or just another example of “religious claptrap”.