ScripturePsalm 19:7"The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple."ObservationI've never really thought of laws as being "refreshing"! Those two things don't really seem to even relate to each...

ScriptureExodus 35:29"All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.ObservationWhat an amazing passage of scripture! The mission was large and complex--but...

ScriptureExodus 34:12"Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you." ObservationRelationships matter. Alignment with the right people will help propel us into the right "next". Alignment...

ScriptureExodus 32:5"When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord!" ObservationWhat a twisted, messed-up situation! While Moses is up on the mountain talking to God, Aaron and the people...

ScriptureActs 7:22,27"Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.""But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us?" ObservationWhat a contrast between...

ScriptureExodus 17:12"When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset." ObservationThe Israelites were engaged...

ScriptureExodus 14:13-15"Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Then the...

ScriptureExodus 13:8,14"On that day tell your son, "I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.""In days to come, when your son asks you, "What does this mean?" say to him, "With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the...

Scripture Luke 24:21a "but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel."  Observation Hope. Hope can give us strength to carry on during the darkest days and most difficult seasons. Losing hope is enough to defeat the greatest of us, regardless of...

ScriptureLuke 21:13-15"And so you will bear testimony to me. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or...

ScripturePsalm 8:2"Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger." ObservationSpiritual strength doesn't depend on age, but on our relationship with God. Teaching our children...

ScripturePsalm 10:14"But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless." ObservationGod is not looking for those who have picked themselves up...

ScriptureGenesis 45:7-8"But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all...

Scripture Psalm 5:2-3 "Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice: in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly."  Observation David had stresses on his mind. It was morning, and he was...

ScriptureGenesis 35:17-18"And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "don't despair, for you have another son." As she breathed her last-for she was dying-she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him...

ScriptureLuke 13:26-27"Then you will say, "We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets." But he will reply, "I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers."ObservationJesus warned these people that there is a difference between...

ScriptureGenesis 30:1, 23-24"When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!" "She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, "God has taken away my...

ScriptureLuke 11:39-41"Then the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? But now as for what is...