Behold the Birds
Read: Matthew 6:25-34 Look at the birds of the air . . . Are you not much more valuable than they? (v. 26 NIV) Try to picture the scene as Jesus addressed his listeners on the mountainside. Were birds flying overhead when he spoke these words? Did people look up and notice them, as Jesus advised? He pointed […]
Power to Go
Read: Acts 1:1-8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (v. 8) Some years ago, I had the privilege of teaching a women’s Bible study about the Holy Spirit. […]
Doing Devotions Every Day
How often do you do devotions? I have had times in my life when I have been very faithful, doing devotions every morning or evening, and I have had times in my life when months went by without my opening the Bible. Maybe you are at one of these extremes, or somewhere in the middle, […]
Berakah!
Read: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 Give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever. (v. 21) When God calls us to “Go!” the enemy will attack, because he lives to hinder God’s advancing kingdom. King Jehoshaphat was “devoted to the ways of the LORD,” and was turning the hearts of the people back to the […]
Whatever It Takes
Read: Acts 9:19-25 But his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket. (v. 25) I don’t know what kind of basket Saul had to get into that night. There’s a good chance it smelled like fish and creaked loudly with its heavier than […]
Yes, Lord
Read: Acts 9:10-19 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine . . .” So Ananias departed. (vv. 15-17) We drove on Communipaw Avenue, heading into the heart of the city. It was a bitter, rainy November day. Deep dread washed over me as I absorbed the signs of […]
Unexpected Provision
Read: Joshua 2 For the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. (v. 11) When Joshua and the Israelites are given the “go” from God to take possession of the promised land, two spies head to Jericho. They find shelter in Rahab’s home. I wonder who was more […]
Take Nothing for Your Journey
Read: Luke 9:1-6 And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.” (v. 3) Making sure you have everything you need before you go somewhere is one of those universal skills we rely on. I want my son to remember to […]
God’s Nature is Go
Read: Matthew 28:16-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. (v. 19) From Genesis to Revelation, there is an ever-present call from God to “Go!” Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Esther, Daniel, Jonah, Mary, Paul, and uncountable others have all heard and heeded God’s bidding to “go.” And at the center of this “go” is Jesus, who […]