Scripture Luke 23:23 "But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed." Observation What a contrast! Jesus, God incarnate, stands silent before Pilate. Outside the window the mob shouts- screaming louder, more and...

Scripture Ex. 4:2,20 2 Then the Lord asked him, "what is that in your hand?" "A shepherd's staff," Moses replied." 20 "...so Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God." Observation...

Scripture Exodus 1:8-10 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks...

Scripture Genesis 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. Observation Jacob blessed his sons as he was dying--but his some of his words sound pretty...

Scripture Genesis 37:26-27 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his...

Scripture Genesis 31:6-7 "You know how hard I have worked for your father, but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm." Observation Jacob had his flaws, but what an amazing attitude he shows here! "Laban cheated...

Scripture Genesis 30:37 Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. Observation What an odd little side-story in scripture! Laban had taken advantage of Jacob, and now Jacob is...

Scripture Genesis 24:12-14 12 And he said, “O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw...

Scripture Genesis 22:2-3 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his...

Scripture Luke 7:44-48 44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I...

Scripture Genesis 15:2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. Luke 6:20-21 20 And he lifted up his eyes on...

Scripture Genesis 12:1-2 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a...

Scripture Luke 3:3-6 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way...

Scripture Genesis 4:6-7 6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, and you must rule over it.” Observation There...

Scripture Genesis 1:1-3a In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said... Luke 1:1-2 Inasmuch...

Scripture Ephesians 5:28 - "In the same way. husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself." Observation Paul draws a direct connection between the way a man loves his wife, and the way a man loves his own body. It would be...

Scripture Ephesians 4:1 "I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called" Observation Paul says that his readers have a calling on their life: not because they've earned it by their walk, or proven...

Scripture Romans 8:5-8 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on...