…Jesus? When I heard that phrase come from the pulpit at church recently, it stuck out to me. As it should. At face value that phrase sounds a lot like the opposite of something you would hear in church, but as is often the case, it was a way to get me to really tuneContinue reading “We Don’t Lean On…”
Category Archives: Devotional Lessons
Majestic
Oh LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Psalm 8:1 If you’ve ever driven Interstate 90 from west to east across the state of New York, you’ll notice not too far from Buffalo that the flat landscape gives way to rolling hills.Continue reading “Majestic”
Fighting My Foes
O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Psalm 3:1-2 David was running away from his own son. Why? Because his son had “stolen the hearts of the men of Israel.” (2 Sam. 15:6) Not just simpleContinue reading “Fighting My Foes”
Elohim
The word “El” in Hebrew means God. Elohim is a plural form that points, not to a view of many gods, but to a supreme authority — the God above all gods. Elohim is God – the Mighty Creator. We are introduced to Elohim in the very first verse of the Bible. “In the beginning,Continue reading “Elohim”
Why Unwithered Leaf?
But his delight in is the law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:2-3 As I sat downContinue reading “Why Unwithered Leaf?”
The Unwithered Leaf 