Uriah Heep is an oily, creepy character created by Charles Dickens in “˜David Copperfield”™. Mr. Dickens has successfully described false humility through this character. False humility hides agendas which are centered on self and self-indulgence. False humility and self-indulgence are not godly characteristics. John the Baptist displayed the exact opposite”¦he lived out true humility before […]
When you are on a country road, many times there will be curves making it impossible to see on-coming traffic. Hills may be a part of that road. Our lives are like those kinds of roads, curves come at us (and sometimes we are blindsided by life). Hills of emotions give life endless ups and […]
Some people like “˜lists”™. They make grocery lists, “˜to do”™ lists, lists for various needs for parties and social functions, lists made for the work day, and the list goes on. One list that should be kept short concerns those things that are in my life that God does not like. When I commit, or […]
Spiritual indicators reveal our relationship to, and with, God. Doesn”™t our relationship to God begin with honesty? Don”™t we need to be open to being honest with ourselves and then being honest before God? So many times we deceive ourselves”¦we give “˜reasons”™ we should do or not do something. At times we may even decide […]
Scrapbooking is popular ““ and fun. Pictures are chosen, cropped and placed with pleasing colored papers, then adhered to a page in an album. Names, dates, places and events are noted somewhere on the page to be able to recall at a later date why those pictures were chosen. Meaningful times and events are captured […]
Think about the impressiveness of Jesus at the age of 12: (NASB) Luke 2:49 “And He said to them, “˜Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father”™s house?”™” Jesus understood Who He was”¦the Son of God Jesus understood Who His Father was”¦ […]
A boy, about four, was having a ball running around in a large circle. The parents and older brother were looking for him on the path which approached the Great Sand Dunes National Monument in southern Colorado. The sand dunes are huge and cover a large area. It would be almost impossible to find anyone […]
(NASB) Luke 2:41-42 “Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast;””¦” Joseph and Mary must have looked forward to their yearly trips to Jerusalem to be with friends and family, to worship […]
What if”¦your parents weren”™t God-fearing? Or, what if”¦only one of your parents had faith in God? What if”¦your family did not attend church regularly, or perhaps, not at all”¦what then? God does not want anyone to perish. (NIV) 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He […]
On what do you base your decisions? Is it whatever will make you happy, feel good or whatever is easiest? That is probably not the best decision-making process which you can choose. Have you found that poor decisions have led to poor results? Joseph had a decision to make, one which would mean the protection […]