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Proverbs 30:5 says, “Every word of God is pure. Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4 state that “humanity cannot live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” If we are image bearers, then what do our words say about us?
I went to Proverbs when I was a young believer, because it is the book about wisdom, and my life was riddled with failures. I wanted all the wisdom God could give me. I meditated on the book for many years, and eventually one thought became
In Luke 17 Jesus tells an interesting little story. He asks those present if they can imagine a master when his servant comes in from working in the field to sit down and be fed and have a drink. The implied answer is, “No. We
In Leviticus 16, God outlines a ritual for the Day of Atonement. It is a complicated ritual steeped in symbolism. One interesting bit of that symbolism is about the two goat kids that are brought to the door of the tabernacle. Two young goats more or
I’ve had two dreams recently that have really left an impression in my mind. The details and circumstances of each were different, but at the same time, there were several overlapping ideas. In both dreams, there were young people who were dear to me, and there
I just took my dog for a walk. I had written a draft of this post and needed to pray and meditate before coming back and finishing it. I took her with me thinking it would be good for her, and me. But she is
I’ve been meditating on the verse from Jeremiah 12 which says, “If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan.” My first thought was, “But Lord, I like safe country. Why do I have to go to the thickets
I didn’t know when I wrote down these three simple prayers that they were progressive in nature, and the Lord has answered them concurrently, or at least overlapping. Faithful prayer is about laying down roots, the deeper the better. Holiness is about refusing to give “dirt” to
In the last post, I introduced three short prayers that I’ve had taped to the wall of my prayer closet for at least a year. I don’t really know how long, but at least that long. They are: Show me what it means to be
I have an index card taped to the wall in my prayer closet with three short prayers written on it. These prayers came to me in a time of prayer, and I felt them so sincerely in the moment that I wrote them down and
