Being Purposed in Return Part 2     As a refresher from last week, let's start with a few of those details. King Nebuchadnezzar knew the history of Israel well. He knew of their slavery in Egypt. What he did was a smart move on his part. He took them from their physical dwelling, those touches of their homeland–the...

Being Purposed in Return In the book of Daniel we see the same thing that happened there happening today– the same situations as Daniel and the three Hebrew children faced. In response to the determination of King Nebuchadnezzar, they set their own purpose to follow God instead. Our greatest challenge is to live in...

The Opposite–What’s Good About the Lake of Fire What is good about the lake of fire? It's an awful, terrible nightmare so much so that we can't grasp it. We don't want to; it strikes fear and we do not want to go there. Because we have a soul there is a possibility of going. But there is something good–the blessings of the lake...

The Hardest Yet Easiest Thing You Will Ever Do What can be hard yet easy–the hardest and the easiest? Could it be the same thing? John 5:46-47 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me...

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What Are Your Rathers Part 2 Psalm 84 [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,...

Someone Kindle a Fire Acts 28:1-3 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle...

Rowing Hard and Getting Nowhere You've got to hand it to the seamen on board the ship with Jonah. They tried everything to get out of that storm. It was Jonah who got them into this mess. Jonah was told to go to Nineveh to the north and he went southwest to Joppa. Tarshish is in Spain much farther away than Nineveh. It cost more...

What Are Your Rathers? David makes a statement in Psalm 84 that is more than an emotional statement about God's house. The verses teach a lot and cause us to stop and think. What does the Lord's house mean, in actuality? David states his preferences. If it came down to choosing his job as king, he says he would...

My Prayer It's so familiar. We can quote it. Generally it's called the Lord's Prayer, but it is really our prayer. It's the most necessary, of utmost necessity for us to pray. It's communication with God and is not like our communication with each other. We get out of touch. God is...