ScriptureGalatians 5:24-25"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." ObservationThose who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh--and now we...

Scripture'Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. ' Deuteronomy 16:18'If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed,...

ScriptureGalatians 5:6,13-14"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.""You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge...

ScriptureDeuteronomy 11:22-23"If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow--to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him--then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess...

Scripture Deuteronomy 8:17-18 "You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to...

ScriptureDeuteronomy 5:22"These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain, from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; He added nothing more. Then He wrote them out on two stone tablets, and gave...

ScriptureNumbers 34:1-2"The Lord said to Moses, "Command the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:" ObservationGod's power and resource are limitless...and yet He...

ScriptureMark 9:30-31a"They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because He was teaching His disciples." ObservationJesus had important work to do. Not healing the sick, not raising the dead, not cleansing...

ScriptureMark 8:14-15"The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. "Be careful", Jesus warned them. "Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod." ObservationSomeone on the planning committee...

ScriptureNumbers 27:15-16,18,20"Moses said to the Lord, "May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things appoint someone over this community...""So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership, and lay your...

ScriptureNumbers 14:2,4,26"All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!""And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.""The Lord said to...

Scripture Numbers 12:1-2,4 "Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. "Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?" they asked. "Hasn't He also spoken through us?" And the Lord heard this." "At once the Lord...

ScripturePsalm 27:13"I will remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." ObservationDavid was confident--not only that God was good, but that he would see the goodness of God. He was confident not only that...

ScriptureActs 24:25-26"As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the judgement to come, Felix was afraid and said "That's enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you." At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer...

ScriptureLeviticus 25:23"The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers." ObservationThe earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. All that we have is his, he has simply entrusted it to...

Scripture Acts 21:11-12 "Coming over to us, he took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, "The Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the gentiles'." "When we heard...

ScriptureLeviticus 16:17"No one is to be in the tent of meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, his household and the whole community of Israel." ObservationThe high...