Joshua 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. A recurring problem in the life of the nation of Israel is that they do not seek the Lord to know what His will is. They move and act without thinking and praying. The Gibeonites have […]

Joshua 8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.  Thirty-six men had died. The army had been defeated. Joshua was discouraged. He sought the Lord and found out the cause of the problem. He found out […]

Joshua 7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! Achan had sinned against God taking what the prohibited. Joshua […]

Joshua 4:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. Joshua had led the nation of Israel to the Jordan River. After the people were across the river, God wanted them to have a reminder. […]

Joshua 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.  God spoke to Joshua. He told Joshua that […]

Joshua 2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. Joshua had sent two men […]

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:  God wants His people to obey Him. He makes that abundantly clear. The nation and each individual must choose. […]

Deuteronomy 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:  God wanted to bless His people. He had first told them […]

Deuteronomy 19:19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.  God instructed His people never to accept the testimony of one person against another. He commanded that they have two or three witnesses. This was the way […]

Deuteronomy 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. God was going to give […]

Deuteronomy 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.  God taught Israel a complete set of money laws. God’s people could not make a loan to another Jew for a period greater than seven years. At the end of […]

Deuteronomy 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.  There would be some among God’s people that would get dreams and visions that were not from God. These visions would invite people to leave God. God knew this would happen. The good […]

Deuteronomy 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. Moses warns the nation of Israel that if they rebel against God and do not […]

Deuteronomy 11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.  We forget so quickly. We have seen God do great things, but after a while, we forget. We see, but don’t remember. We watch God hear and answer prayer. We see God do great things, but then forget […]

Deuteronomy 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.  How are you known? Are you a rebel? Moses tells the people of Israel that they have been rebels since the day he met them. They have always wanted their own will and way instead of what God wanted. […]

Deuteronomy 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and […]

Deuteronomy 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;  How often do we get proud of our accomplishments? We change our lives. We better ourselves. We become an ethical and moral person. Really the […]

Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.  God wanted His people to remember all that He had done […]

Deuteronomy 7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.  Satan wants nothing more than to turn your children from following after and serving God. If you are not careful, you will […]

Deuteronomy 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.  It is so easy to forget how God answered our prayers and met our needs. We were desperate. We were at wit’s end. We had no way of escape. Then God […]

Deuteronomy 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s. God told His people that they were not to desire, covet, or want those things that belonged to his […]

Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.  The people of Israel needed to stop and think on this very day. We need to do this daily. Think about this. God in heaven […]

Deuteronomy 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. God showed great things to the nation of Israel. He won their battles for them. He spoke to them from the midst of the fire. They heard the voice of God and […]

Deuteronomy 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.  We need to be continuously reminded that He is a merciful God. That is repeated all through the Scriptures. Also, He never abandons His […]

Deuternomy 4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.  God is a jealous God. That word means full of eagerness. It speaks of being fully and passionately engaged. The word means be apprehensive of rivalship. It wouild mean that God demands that we serve Himand Him only. God is […]

Deuteronomy 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.  Those that chose to honor and serve God had been blessed. They had stuck with God when idols and false gods were offered and available. They had decided to love God. Now they find themselves […]

Numbers 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:  When God gave His people the promised land, He wanted them to get rid of every last hint of wicked […]

Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.  The two and a half tribes had promised to fight with their brothers till then promised  land was divided out. Moses warns them that if they do not keep their […]

Numbers 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. Two and a half tribes do not want to cross over the Jordan into the promised land. They want to stay on the other side, away from […]

Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace. Why did Jesus come? He came to give light to those in living in darkness and death. Jesus came to get us to the way of peace. From the […]

Luke 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Mary was blessed because she had believed the promise of the Lord through the angel. What she was told would be coming true. Please focus on the fact that she was […]

Psalm 78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: For he gave them their own desire; They were not satisfied with God’s provision. They complained and asked for their will instead of God’s will. Surprisingly God gave them what they wanted. He gave them an abundance of what they wanted. They were satisfied. The […]

Psalm 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking meat for their lust. God was providing every day for His people. They were eating “angel food!” They became dissatisfied. I can imagine that at first, they were super happy with what God was doing. Then they ate the same thing every day, day […]

Mark 15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. Pilate is practicing political correctness even before it is a term. He will please the people, content them, in spite of his convictions. He will release Barabbas, the criminal instead […]

Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.  Jesus told His disciples that they should be watching and praying. This word watch means to stay awake and be watchful. We can’t let our walk with God be lulled into complacency and laziness. […]

Numbers 14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.  God’s people had rebelled against Him. When they realized that God was angry due to their lack of faith, they decided to step out. They would be stepping out in their independence and rebellion. They […]

Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.  Caleb is a different kind of man. Caleb’s spirit was different. He had a different heart, a different attitude. The others […]

Numbers 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.  Moses needed help. God directed Moses to bring […]

I Samuel 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. Samuel’s mom wanted to be a mother more than she wanted to live. She had dreamed of having a baby. Her sister-wife mocked her relentlessly […]

Psalm 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou hadst a favour unto them. So often we think we have accomplished things. God has done the work. We […]

Psalm 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, And praise thy name for ever. Selah. We should live in an attitude of praise. We should go around bragging on the Lord all the time. He saved us. He comforts us. He answers our prayer. He provides for us. He is everything to us. […]

Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!  It is so easy to focus on money. The world lives for money. Money makes the world go round. […]

Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Jesus compared being salty to having a good testimony. It meant that the believer would affect the community around him. Salt would give flavor. So every believer […]

Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.  Our faith is the only thing that limits what God can and will do in our lives. He is the God of the impossible. We tend to live in doubt and fear. We allow ourselves to live […]

Mark 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.  Following Jesus means surrender. It means that we say no to ourselves. We decide not to do what we […]

Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. God reminds the nation of Israel that He is their God. He is the One that […]

Leviticus 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. God severed the nation of Israel from all other people. He wanted them to be exclusively His. They were to be holy because He is holy. They were […]

Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. We are to love our neighbor. We are to love people. We are not to try to get even with […]