Do you have any hobbies? I usually answer that question by saying that reading is at the top of my list. But, really, it is the only thing on my list. I have always considered myself a bookworm, who didn’t have, or want, any other hobbies. At the end of each year, I like to make 2 lists: one of the books I …
90-Day Chronological Bible Reading Plan
Maybe it was just typical end of the year anticipation…looking forward to a New Year, a re-set, and a fresh start. Or, maybe it was boredom….being outside of of our normal structures and routines. (I don’t do “rest” well.) Whatever the reason, as the end of 2019 approached, I found myself needing to rearrange furniture, organize all of the toys, clothes, and books, re-evaluate …
Mark 9:42-50
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to …
Isaiah 45:18-19
For thus says the Lord,who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring …
Ezra’s Example
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.†Ezra 7:10 . Ezra set his heart – he made a decision, firmly, and intentionally purposed in his heart – to study God’s Word.  . To study is “to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge …