Encouragement
Hear, O Israel!
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at … Continue reading Hear, O Israel!
If We are Willing and Obedient
“Woe to the sinful nation,a people whose guilt is great,a brood of evildoers,children given to corruption!They have forsaken the Lord;they have spurned the Holy One of Israeland turned their backs on him.” “Wash and make yourselves clean.Take your evil deeds out of my sight;stop doing wrong.Learn to do right; seek justice.Defend the oppressed.Take up the … Continue reading If We are Willing and Obedient
Disappointments
Disappointments – bad intentionsFrom the ones that we won’t mention.Heartaches thunder, lies now plunderThose who serve them, live now under. Rules to follow changing daily,Discipline to rules not gaily.Topsy Turvy, all things curvy,Those who plan them got the nervy. All things crazy, not expected,What’s okay, and what’s rejected?Who truth telling? The truth spelling?Who the lies … Continue reading Disappointments
Whatever God Has Commanded
“Then they answered Joshua, ‘Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, … Continue reading Whatever God Has Commanded
Be Strong and Courageous
These were the Lord’s instructions to Joshua, who was to succeed Moses, after his death, as the leader of the Israelites. And he was to lead God’s people, who were left, out of the wilderness into the Promised Land. God said to him, “As I was with Moses, so I will be with you.” So, … Continue reading Be Strong and Courageous
God’s Word Will Not Return Empty
“As the rain and the snowcome down from heaven,and do not return to itwithout watering the earthand making it bud and flourish,so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,so is my word that goes out from my mouth:It will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desireand achieve … Continue reading God’s Word Will Not Return Empty
While He May Be Found
“Seek the Lord while he may be found;call upon him while he is near;let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts;let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, … Continue reading While He May Be Found
Listen Carefully to Me
“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;And you who have no money come, buy and eat.Come, buy wine and milkWithout money and without cost.“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,And your wages for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,And delight yourself in abundance.“Incline your … Continue reading Listen Carefully to Me
Run With It 