| SCRIPTURE | TOPIC | DATE | THEME | JOURNAL |
| Gen 32:10a | Favor, Unmerited | 12.31.07 | Undeserved mercy is perhaps the simplest of prayers, yet what should be the basis of everything we ever pray. | |
| Mt 14:1 | Enemy | 12.30.07 | It must amuse God when our enemies try unsucessfully to defame, discredit, ignore, deny, or kill us. |
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| Gen 32:9 | Prayer | 12.29.07 | Will history say of you, "He prayed?" | |
| Mt 13:58 | Answers | 12.28.07 | It must be disappointing to God that we're satisfied doing so little when He wants to do so much more. | |
| Gen 32:8 | Battles | 12.27.07 | When we make provision for failure, we've already lost the battle. | |
| Mt 13:57b | Revisionists | 12.26.07 | Is it really that surprising that the world tries to remove Jesus' name from history? | |
| Gen 32:7 | Dread | 12.25.07 | After we imagine the worst that can happen, it's curious that what we dreaded was actually unexpected blessing. | |
| Mt 13:57 | Offense | 12.24.07 | How can a problem be addressed if we fear offending someone in the process? | |
| Gen 32:6 | Presumption | 12.23.07 | It's funny how what we hear can sound like more than what somebody said. | |
| Mt 13:56b | Relationships | 12.22.07 | A good relationship begins with transparency and grows with frequent and candid conversation. | |
| Gen 32:5 | Loss | 12.21.07 | What does it really matter if we lose everything knowing God will never lose us? | |
| Mt 13:54b | Attitude | 12.20.07 | Joseph was a grateful person in the right place with the right attitude whom God used to bless others. | |
| Gen 32:1 | Confidence | 12.19.07 | Knowing where you've been is important, but not as much as knowing where you're going and Who is with you. | |
| Mt 13:54 | Relationships | 12.18.07 | Relationships based on respect and trust are deeper than blood. | |
| Gen 31:53 | Salvation | 12.17.07 | Salvation is amazing in and of itself but the way God does it defies my capacity to understand or contain it. | |
| Mt 13:52 | Purpose | 12.16.07 | Having a purpose in life is second behind knowing you have a purpose in life. | |
| Gen 31:49 | Forgiveness | 12.15.07 | When we forgive someone, we make it easier for them to ask God's forgiveness. | |
| Mt 13:51 | God, Intimacy with | 12.14.07 | You'll never get close to God until you begin spending time with Him. | |
| Gen 31:47 | Fear | 12.13.07 | Fear of the unknown can keep us from finding success and prosperity. | |
| Mt 13:48 | Privacy | 12.12.07 | Composure is our ability to hold transparency at bay. | |
| Gen 31:42 | Sadness | 12.11.07 | Sadness is most often the result of over-indulgence in the things of this world. | |
| Mt 13:47 | Love | 12.10.07 | The ultimate expression of love is to give your life for someone else. | |
| Gen 31:37b | Blame | 12.09.07 | If we must blame someone else, it's obvious we haven't learned to depend on God. | |
| Mt 13:45 | Power | 12.08.07 | I have the power of God and it's mine for the asking. | |
| Gen 31:36 | Possessions | 12.07.07 | Worry and meekness are opposite in that one assumes responsibility belonging to God and the other takes care of what belongs to God. | |
| Mt 13:44b | Living | 12.06.07 | As long as we live through our children, God can never live through us. | |
| Gen 31:35 | Problems | 12.05.07 | If everyone with a bone to pick would practice deference, closets would have no skeletons. | |
| Mt 13:44a | Peace | 12.04.07 | Many people will seem to be at peace on the outside, but are losing ground to sin on the inside. | |
| Gen 31:32b | Motives | 12.03.07 | Others may not know what we're thinking, but God does. | |
| Mt 13:43 | Humility | 12.02.07 | Only God can lead someone to think of someone else before themself. | |
| Gen 31:32a | Guilt | 12.01.07 | Guilt is a symptom of a deeper problem planted in the soil of unconfessed sin. | |
| Mt 13:42 | Freedom | 11.30.07 | True freedom comes from knowing our liberty has not resulted in slavery for those whom we are responsible. | |
| Gen 31:31 | Attitude | 11.29.07 | What we do isn't nearly as important as how we do it and the attitude we display. | |
| Mt 13:40 | Favoritism | 11.28.07 | Favoritism can seem terribly unfair until you consider God is not impressed by it. | |
| Gen 31:30b | Attitude | 11.27.07 | Someone who belittles someone else makes himself smaller. | |
| Mt 13:36 | Transparency | 11.26.07 | Most of us don't want what's going on inside to be evident on the outside. | |
| Gen 31:19 | Alone | 11.25.07 | Sometime being alone is the only way to block out all the noise and amplify God's voice. | |
| Mt 13:34 | Prayer, Effective | 11.24.07 | The most effective praying is accomplished by seeing other people as the Father sees them and then praying in unison with Him. | |
| Gen 31:26b | Greeting | 11.23.07 | Most people don't expect an answer when they ask how someone is. | |
| Mt 13:33 | Guilt | 11.22.07 | Not everyone who bows before God wants to look up and into His face. | |
| Gen 31:24 | Fear | 11.21.07 | Fear is an alarm warning us that we've stopped trusting God. | |
| Mt 13:32 | Expectation | 11.20.07 | If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. | |
| Gen 31:23b | Debt | 11.19.07 | When someone buys your lunch, what you expected to pay just went up. | |
| Mt 13:31 | Trust | 11.18.07 | God is not impressed when our trust is a last option. | |
| Gen 31:20 | Needs | 11.17.07 | More times than not, it's God working through people we'd never suspect, to meet our need. | |
| Mt 13:30b | Providence | 11.16.07 | Most of us seldom see the providence through our circumstances. | |
| Gen 31:19 | Giving | 11.15.07 | It's interesting that the act of giving in the Bible most often reflects multiplication, not division. | |
| Mt 13:30 | Giving | 11.14.07 | An offering reflects the value the giver places on the one to whom he gives it. | |
| Gen 31:16b | Obedience | 11.13.07 | Reluctant, but compliant is much better than rash and contrary. | |
| Mt 13:29 | Waiting | 11.12.07 | Waiting on God should not be misconstrued with a delay based on indecision. | |
| Gen 31:15 | Assurance | 11.11.07 | Presumption is expectation based on hope, whereas faith is assurance based on God's Word. | |
| Mt 13:28b | Query | 11.10.07 | If you want to find out something, nothing is as effective as a direct approach. | |
| Gen 31:14 | Deception | 11.09.07 | A lie will eventually stand out like a strobe in the darkness. | |
| Mt 13:28 | Conviction | 11.08.07 | For those with no real faith in God, conviction ends where the fear of dying begins. | |
| Gen 31:9 | Sin, Second-hand | 11.07.07 | When we believe what others tell us without consulting God, we risk becoming a victim of second-hand sin. | |
| Mt 13:27 | Responsibility | 11.06.07 | Responsibility without authority is a sure formula for failure. | |
| Gen 31:7 | Security | 11.05.07 | If you're saved, God is on your side even if it feels no one else is. | |
| Mt 13:26 | Ownership | 11.04.07 | How can you lose what you don't own? | |
| Gen 31:3 | Blame | 11.03.07 | Why is it that we tend to blame God for our mistakes? | |
| Mt 13:25 | Profession | 11.02.07 | Emotions are sometimes more honest than our profesison. | |
| Gen 31:2 | Senses | 11.01.07 | Things aren't always as they appear and we tend to believe only what we can see and touch. | |
| Mt 13:24 | Justice | 10.31.07 | There is a payday coming for the work you've done on earth and without payroll deduction. | |
| Gen 31:1a | Suffering | 10.30.07 | How sad is it that those who listen to God must suffer for those who won't? | |
| Mt 13:23b | Complain | 10.29.07 | I'm all too willing to endure guilt but tend to complain of consequences. | |
| Gen 30:42b | Conflicts | 10.28.07 | Unresolved conflicts create new bigger ones. | |
| Mt 13:23 | Deception | 10.27.07 | Awareness of immediate exposure and judgment might prevent someone from telling a lie. | |
| Gen 30:40b | Fear | 10.26.07 | It's one thing to say you love God, but another thing altogether to live in such a way you prove it. | |
| Mt 13:22 | Caution | 10.25.07 | It's best to wait a bit before opening your mouth, giving both time to pray and consider the reprecussions. | |
| Gen 30:39 | Profession | 10.24.07 | More times than not, a demonstration is required to validate profession. | |
| Mt 13:21b | Testing | 10.23.07 | It's not if we'll be tested, but when and how, so try not to act suprised or be offended when it happens. | |
| Gen 30:35 | Forgiveness | 10.22.07 | Just because you try to forget your sin and act like it never happened doesn't mean God will. | |
| Mt 13:21 | Assurance | 10.21.07 | Remembering what God did is great, but confident assurance is better. | |
| Gen 30:33 | Promises | 10.20.07 | God's promises never fail, even if our past is littered with promises we've failed to keep. | |
| Mt 13:20a | Prayer | 10.19.07 | Prayer is about coming and going, we keep going to the Lord and He keeps coming through. | |
| Gen 30:30 | Environment | 10.18.07 | A believer treats the earth with the same respect he shows the Creator. | |
| Mt 13:19b | Appropriation | 10.17.07 | Intercessors have a strong desire to apply God's Word to someone's situation. | |
| Gen 30:27 | Character | 10.16.07 | What a person does when they believe no one is watching is their character. | |
| Mt 13:19a | Intercession | 10.15.07 | It's amazing how many times people approach someone they don't know to be remembered in prayer. | |
| Gen 30:23 | Testimony | 10.14.07 | If we claim to be a Christian, lost people will watch the way we live and then make a decision if God is real or not. | |
| Mt 13:17 | Attemtion | 10.13.07 | What if God answered your prayer and you were so disinterested you didn't notice? | |
| Gen 30:22 | Birth | 10.12.07 | Conception is too important to leave up to humans. |
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| Mt 13:16 | Senses | 10.11.07 | We should never take our spiritual senses for granted. |
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| Gen 30:21 | Intervention | 10.10.07 | God often introduces things to slow us down. |
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| Mt 13:13c | Understanding | 10.09.07 | Understanding comes from spending time with the Source of all knowledge. |
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| Gen 30:20b | Obedience | 10.08.07 | This time my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun [Honor]. | |
| Mt 13:13b | Listen | 10.07.07 | Our ears should have been equipped with a "Don't Bother" cover. |
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| Gen 30:18 | Reward | 10.06.07 | Sometimes what we view as creative, God calls manipulative. | |
| Mt 13:13 | Communication | 10.05.07 | Dialog requires speaker and a listener, or all you have is monologue. | |
| Gen 30:15b | Compromise | 10.04.07 | When we compromise our conviction, we open the door to other people doing the same. |
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| Mt 13:12b | Blessings | 10.03.07 | We are more of a train stop for God's blessings than the final destination. | |
| Gen 30:15 | Trust | 10.02.07 | Distrust seldom, if ever, never finds an end |
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| Mt 13:12a | Blessing | 10.01.07 | How can you expect more blessing until you use what's already been given you. | |
| Gen 30:13 | Witness | 09.30.07 | Will the world see God in us today or someone who only lives to take Him for granted? | |
| Mt 13:11b | Privlege | 09.29.07 | We Christians too often neglect the privileges the world has not been given. | |
| Gen 30:11 | Luck | 09.28.07 | Good luck with luck being your provision. | |
| Mt 13:11a | Blessings | 09.27.07 | The best things are reserved for those who can enjoy them for eternity. | |
| Gen 30:8 | Conflicts | 09.26.07 | Unresolved conflicts within a family never have winners, only long-term losers. | |
| Mt 13:8 | Change | 09.25.07 | When God does something, the change is obvious. | |
| Gen 30:6 | Blessing | 09.24.07 | What we consider a blessing might not be. | |
| Mt 13:7 | Light | 09.23.07 | The only way to hide a light in the dark is to cover it completely. |
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| Gen 30:4 | Trust | 09.22.07 | Why is it that every generation has to re-learn lessons of the previous generation? | |
| Mt 13:6 | Presence | 09.21.07 | Over-exposure to the sun can burn you, but under-exposure to the Son of God can burn worse and last forever. | |
| Gen 30:3 | Will | 09.20.07 | A detour around God's will is a direct route to someone else's will. | |
| Mt 13:5 | Preparation | 09.19.07 | Quick results are not always from God but represent a lack of preparation and prayer. | |
| Gen 30:2 | Anger | 09.18.07 | Anger is a symptom of failing to trust God. | |
| Mt 13:4 | Blessings | 09.17.07 | Blessings not consumed or given away will be lost. | |
| Gen 30:1 | Blame | 09.16.07 | Instead of blaming others for our problems, we need to ask God what He thinks. | |
| Mt 13:1 | Witness | 09.15.07 | When we answer the call to go, we're expected to mix it up with the world, not blend in. | |
| Gen 29:35 | Praise | 09.14.07 | We glorify God when we start praising Him. | |
| Mt 12:50 | Family | 09.13.07 | True family is the one who loves without condition and hates what you hate. | |
| Gen 29:34b | Listen | 09.12.07 | Make sure it's God's voice we hear, or we could be dragged through all sorts of trouble on the way to nowhere. | |
| Mt 12:48 | Following | 09.11.07 | That which prevents you from following God must be ignored or you'll never do it completely. | |
| Gen 29:33 | Care | 09.10.07 | Before you say no one loves you, consider you wouldn't be here unless God cared. | |
| Mt 12:45b | Problems | 09.09.07 | Before you say things can't get worse for you, imagine those who have rejected God's gift of salvation. | |
| Gen 29:32 | Children | 09.08.07 | If children are such a blessing, how can we defend the care some of us have treated our parents? | |
| Mt 12:45a | Danger | 09.07.07 | It's never safe to assume we don't need our Mighty Fortress. | |
| Gen 29:31 | Compassion | 09.06.07 | God's compassion makes man's compassion look anemic. | |
| Mt 12:44 | Holy Spirit | 09.05.07 | Everything clean is target for sin unless the Holy Spirit controls it. | |
| Gen 29:30b | Desire | 09.04.07 | Teenagers didn't create the saying, "I want what I want when I want it." | |
| Mt 12:43 | Evil | 09.03.07 | You might defeat evil one day, but will face it on another front the next. | |
| Gen 29:29 | Children | 09.02.07 | There's no greater gift a parent can give a child than to teach them to love and serve God. | |
| Mt 12:41 | Repentance | 09.01.07 | If Jesus preached repentance, why don't we? | |
| Gen 29:28a | Value | 08.31.07 | Price is totally unrelated to value. | |
| Mt 12:40 | Expectation | 08.30.07 | Clues given to clueless people result in unexpected solutions. | |
| Gen 29:27 | Redemption | 08.29.07 | A deposit not only securs a purchase, but also confirms the terms of redemption. | |
| Mt 12:39 | Signs | 08.28.07 | Signs are short-cuts to short-lived faith. | |
| Gen 29:26 | Questions | 08.27.07 | If we learned to ask the right questions, we'd probalby avoid untimely surprises. | |
| Mt 12:38 | Proof | 08.26.07 | A demonstration is a waste of time if you think it will convince anyone. | |
| Gen 29:25 | Justice | 08.25.07 | Turn about is not onl fair play, it might be poetic justice. | |
| Mt 12:37 | Confession | 08.24.07 | Confession may get results when nothing else will. | |
| Gen 29:24 | Giving | 08.23.07 | We show our high regard for someone when we give them something of great value to us. | |
| Mt 12:36 | Judgment | 08.22.07 | Too many believe that claiming ignorance on Judgment Day will get a pass for malious and slanderous conversation. | |
| Gen 29:23b | Mistakes | 08.21.07 | When we've been duped and realize part of it was our failure to pay attention, the lesson can be expensive. | |
| Mt 12:35b | Actions | 08.20.07 | Is a lost person disingenious who acts like he's lost? |
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| Gen 29:21 | Agreement | 08.19.07 | There's nothing more discouraging than honoring your part of an agreement, then having to renegotiate with someone who won't honor their's. | |
| Mt 12:34 | Evil | 08.18.07 | You won't play with a snake long before he bites you. | |
| Gen 29:20b | Time | 08.17.07 | Time seems to slow down when we're doing something we love. | |
| Mt 12:33b | Fruit | 08.16.07 | The fruit principle is lost on someone who doesn't have any. | |
| Gen 29:18 | Delay | 08.15.07 | Much to our chagrin, delays can make us patient and increase our gratefulness. | |
| Mt 12:33 | Life | 08.14.07 | The only way to kill a tree is to cut it's roots or keep food, water and sunshine from it. | |
| Gen 29:17 | Expectation | 08.13.07 | When we pray, we may not get what we expect, but we can rest assured we will get what God expects. | |
| Mt 12:32 | Forgiveness | 08.12.07 | God's memory is eternal and limited only to forgiven sin. | |
| Gen 29:15 | Obligation | 08.11.07 | Every works for compensation of either money, obligation or both. | |
| Mt 12:31 | Holy Spirit | 08.10.07 | One (strike) and out should you abuse the Holy Spirit in any way. | |
| Gen 29:14 | Family | 08.09.07 | Families usually stick together until someone on the inside acts like they're on the outside. | |
| Mt 12:30 | Choice | 08.08.07 | There's only two sides to an issue when Jesus is one side. | |
| Gen 29:13 | Motive | 08.07.07 | Be careful approving of someone before knowing what he wants or how much he wants. | |
| Gen 29:6b | Blessing | 08.05.07 | The phrase "Here comes the bride" is a biblical one denoting coming from God. | |
| Mt 12:28 | Demonstration | 08.04.07 | A demonstration serves to prove most don't deserve it | |
| Gen 28:22 | Giving | 08.03.07 | Giving is the natural response of a grateful heart. | |
| Mt 12:27 | Enemy | 08.02.07 | Should you expect your enemy to assist you or take advantage of your vunerability? | |
| Gen 28:21 | Will | 08.01.07 | God's will doesn't always mean what's best for you. | |
| Mt 12:25b | Cooperation | 07.31.07 | Cooperation is the key component in anything if its expected to last more than a day. | |
| Gen 28:19 | Presence | 07.30.07 | When God is in something, nothing else matters. | |
| Mt 12:25a | Victory | 07.29.07 | Two played on a team must stay and work together or they will be separated and defeated. | |
| Gen 28:18 | Calling | 07.28.07 | We should do what we can to remember God's calling. | |
| Mt 12:24 | Understanding | 07.27.07 | It's in man's nature to discount what he can't understand or manipulate. | |
| Gen 28:17 | Presence | 07.26.07 | It's human nature to want to stay where God revealed Himself to us. | |
| Mt 12:23 | Perception | 07.25.07 | If there's anyone we shouldn't underestimate, it's someone whom God is obviously using. | |
| Gen 28:16b | Presence | 07.24.07 | We should be embarassed how many times we asked God to visit us when He was already there. | |
| Mt 12:22 | Blindness | 07.23.07 | The only blindness Jesus can't cure is that which a man prides himself. | |
| Gen 28:15b | Promise | 07.22.07 | God's promises extend to the end and beyond. | |
| Mt 12:21 | God | 07.21.07 | They won't admit it but even pagan nations want a God who isn't deaf, dumb and dead. | |
| Gen 28:15a | Promise | 07.20.07 | No doubt the best promise in the Bible is that God is with us and watch over us wherever we go. | |
| Mt 12:18 | Failure | 07.19.07 | It makes sense for a failure to preach God's unfailing grace. | |
| Gen 28:12 | Hope | 07.18.07 | Jacob's life should give hope to anyone feeling unworthy, inferior or insignificant. | |
| Mt 12:17 | Skeptics | 07.17.07 | Untold skeptics and agnostics have tried to prove the Bible is error, so go ahead and give it your best shot. | |
| Gen 28:8 | Spite | 07.16.07 | Children won't admit it, but they know what pleases and displeases their parents. | |
| Mt 12:15 | Motive | 07.15.07 | When you know someone's motive, you generally know when to duck and when to run. | |
| Mt 12:14 | Violence | 07.14.07 | I'm glad road-side bombs weren't around when the Pharisees plotted against Jesus. | |
| Gen 27:46 | Children | 07.13.07 | When a child has left home, only God can finish what parents started. | |
| Mt 12:13 | Obedience | 07.12.07 | Obedience is the fast track to health. | |
| Gen 27:45 | Reconciliation | 07.11.07 | Refusing to ask forgiveness usually results in the other guy doing the same. | |
| Mt 12:12 | Virtue | 07.10.07 | Once the rights of an animal exceed that of a human, there's no limit on the depth of moral degredation a society can sink. | |
| Gen 27:43 | Guilt | 07.09.07 | If something is so bad, we consider running, guilt and fear runs alongside us. | |
| Mt 12:10 | Motive | 07.08.07 | In volleyball, it's called a setup, but in Jewish legal jargon it's called stir-up, as in trouble. | |
| Mt 12:8 | Authority | 07.06.07 | Rule makers have the authority to change rules, enforce rules or negate rules. | |
| Gen 27:41a | Hate | 07.05.07 | Hate seems like a reasonable response until it eats you out of house and home. | |
| Mt 12:6 | Change | 07.04.07 | Only the Author has the right to edit his book and audit men's interpretions. | |
| Gen 27:40b | Forgiveness | 07.03.07 | Bitterness and a get-even attitude can be severe taskmasters. | |
| Mt 12:5 | Teachers | 07.02.07 | Few leaders like a status change where someone they taught advances to their level or above. | |
| Gen 27:40 | Service | 07.01.07 | Most of us don't like the idea of serving another man less deserving and qualified than us. | |
| Mt 12:4 | Correction | 06.30.07 | I love it when Jesus gave religious lessons to the teachers of religion. | |
| Gen 27:39 | Work | 06.29.07 | No one wants to be comforted with discomforting predictions. | |
| Mt 12:3 | Comparison | 06.28.07 | No one wants to be reminded they're applying a double standard. | |
| Gen 27:38b | Protection | 06.27.07 | Only children expect someone to cover their mistakes and erase their troubles. | |
| Mt 12:2 | Comparison | 06.26.07 | Discrediting someone you don't credit sounds disingenuous. | |
| Gen 27:36 | Deception | 06.25.07 | There's nothing you can do to stop someone from cheating you except die. | |
| Mt 12:1 | Liberty | 06.24.07 | Liberty has always been a target for power hungry legalists. |
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| Gen 27:34 | Forgiveness | 06.23.07 | Whoever said the offender deserves forgiveness should ask the offended first. | |
| Mt 11:30 | Ministry | 06.22.07 | Working for Jesus if joyful, not laborious. | |
| Gen 27:33a | Mistakes | 06.21.07 | A mistake can be uncovered, but not always undone. | |
| Mt 11:29 | Work | 06.20.07 | Whoever said there's an equal and opposite reaction for every action obviously hasn't seen Jesus in action. | |
| Gen 27:32a | Deception | 06.19.07 | Dockers has a new pants called "Liar, Liar," that protects the lower torso from burns even while the outside is a blazing inferno. | |
| Mt 11:28 | Dependence | 06.18.07 | We're so busy carrying our weight, we fail to rely on God. | |
| Gen 27:29b | Church | 06.17.07 | When someone ridicules the church, they're out on a limb that can't support their weight. | |
| Mt 11:27b | Sovereignty | 06.16.07 | When it comes to salvation, we give far too much credit to personal choice and not enough to God's sovereignty. | |
| Gen 27:29a | Blame | 06.15.07 | Responsibility without Authority yields automatic blame. |
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| Mt 11:27a | Accountability | 06.14.07 | When God gives you responsibility, He holds you accountabiie for what you do. | |
| Gen 27:28 | Blessing | 06.13.07 | When God blesses something, everyone in proximity benefits. | |
| Mt 11:26 | Accomplish | 06.12.07 | God can do more with a little bit than the world can do with everything else. | |
| Gen 27:27 | Deception | 06.11.07 | Deception has many associates that liars find difficult to manage. | |
| Mt 11:25 | Knowledge | 06.10.07 | The simple people who walked with Jesus were students in the university of accelerated knowledge. | |
| Gen 27:25a | Motive | 06.09.07 | Jacob proved there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. | |
| Mt 11:22 | Repentance | 06.08.07 | It's criminal how repentance is seldom, if ever, preached for the sake of maintaining the status quo. | |
| Gen 27:24 | Repentance | 06.07.07 | It's curious how shame seldom if ever, convinces a Christian to change his ways. | |
| Mt 11:20 | Repentance | 06.06.07 | I wonder how Jesus feels about repent-less gospel witnessing? | |
| Gen 27:22b | Children | 06.05.07 | Most parents are not willing to accept the fact sin can trump devotion in our children. | |
| Mt 11:19b | Wisdom | 06.04.07 | When we act on what we know pleases God, we can relax our fear of presumption. | |
| Gen 27:21b | Listen | 06.03.07 | We wouldn't accept nearly as many rumors if we listened to our initial disbelief. | |
| Mt 11:14-15 | Hearing | 06.02.07 | Simply hearing something is far from accepting it. | |
| Gen 27:20b | Glory | 06.01.07 | We should never claim God ordained our plan to advance our personal agenda. | |
| Mt 11:12 | Church | 05.31.07 | No authority, power or privilege is witheld from the believer if they ask for it | |
| Gen 27:18b | Age | 05.30.07 | Nothing is lower than taking advantage of the elderly for your advantage. | |
| Mt 11:11 | Church | 05.29.07 | Jesus elevated the church to the highest position in the kingdom. | |
| Gen 27:13b | Dedication | 05.28.07 | Dedication has no problem with potential trouble. | |
| Mt 11:10 | Messiah | 05.27.07 | It would great if John the Baptist showed up at every Jewish Seder to validate the Messiah. | |
| Gen 27:12b | Deception | 05.26.07 | Most people don't make good liars at first. | |
| Mt 11:9 | Jesus | 05.25.07 | Every description of Jesus to date has been deficient. |
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| Gen 27:10 | Crime | 05.24.07 | If those complicit in crime were behind bars with the perpetrator, few would be on the other side. | |
| Mt 11:6 | Salvation | 05.23.07 | You can't lose what you never had, but you can get what you'll never lose. | |
| Gen 27:8 | Instruction | 05.22.07 | Instruction not followed is wasted breath. | |
| Mt 11:4 | Privacy | 05.21.07 | We don't need to interpret what God is doing in our life for someone who's not watching. | |
| Gen 27:5a | Misunderstanding | 05.20.07 | If we only listened to conversation intended for us, most misunderstandings could be avoided. | |
| Mt 11:3 | Relationship | 05.19.07 | It's natural for someone who knows Jesus, to want to know him better. | |
| Gen 27:4 | Family | 05.18.07 | Nothing is so good as time we spend with our family | |
| Mt 11:1 | Service | 05.17.07 | Delegation doesn't remove our personal responsibility to serve. | |
| Gen 27:2 | Age | 05.16.07 | The older we get, the more we need to redeem our time. | |
| Mt 10:42 | Blessing | 05.15.07 | Not only does God bless believers, but He also blesses anyone who shows favor to them. | |
| Gen 26:35 | Trouble | 05.14.07 | Trouble-makers don't need any starter dough to make bread. | |
| Mt 10:40 | Influence | 05.13.07 | Everything we do reflects on Jesus which in turn reflects of the Father. | |
| Gen 26:33a | Forget | 05.12.07 | It's funny how we tend to forget the things we shouldn't. | |
| Mt 10:39 | Safety | 05.11.07 | The safest place for a believer is on the front line of battle against the enemy. | |
| Gen 26:31a | Promise | 05.10.07 | A promise between to people in the presence of God is usually formidable unless it happens to be a marriage ceremony. | |
| Mt 10:38 | Disciples | 05.09.07 | Disciples are followers who have considered the cost, but won't consider going back. | |
| Gen 26:29b | Church | 05.08.07 | Association with believers can prove beneficial to anyone who's not. | |
| Mt 10:37 | Motivation | 05.07.07 | Devotion should motivate us more than love. | |
| Gen 26:28b | Agreement | 05.06.07 | Negotiations can accomplish what threats and intimidation can't. | |
| Mt 10:35-36 | Salvation | 05.05.07 | Salvation is not a group process, but individuals acting in concert with the Savior. | |
| Gen 26:28a | Testimony | 05.04.07 | When God is with you, people know it. | |
| Mt 10:34 | Peace | 05.03.07 | If you want to stir up trouble, try being a peace-maker at a church business meeting. | |
| Gen 26:27 | Motive | 05.02.07 | Motives are like wild hares, they're hard to see until they move. | |
| Mt 10:33 | Witness | 05.01.07 | Don't believe for a moment that sharing your faith in Jesus is optional. | |
| Gen 26:25b | World | 04.30.07 | As long as earth is our home, permanence is temporary. | |
| Mt 10:32 | Profession | 04.29.07 | Timidity is fine unless it represents unwillingness to profess Jesus as Lord. | |
| Gen 26:25a | Altar | 04.28.07 | Altars are a way to avoid falters. | |
| Mt 10:31 | Service | 04.27.07 | To think God loves me is beyond understanding, but to think He loves me the way I am, makes me want to do something to serve HIm. | |
| Gen 26:24 | Presence | 04.26.07 | Knowing God is with me gives me great comfort, but there were times in my life, that thought was troublesome. | |
| Mt 10:30 | Omniscience | 04.25.07 | As for counting hairs, God doesn't have to spend as much time on some people as others. | |
| Gen 26:22b | Success | 04.24.07 | Success is a product of freedom and expression less condemnation. | |
| Mt 10:29 | Omniscience | 04.23.07 | God is aware of everything even though some things aren't worth knowing. | |
| Gen 26:22a | Intention | 04.22.07 | When someone knows your intent, they're far less tempted to question your actions. | |
| Mt 10:28 | Losing | 04.21.07 | We waste far too much energy on battles we can't win. | |
| Gen 26:21 | Quit | 04.20.07 | The longer you try to avoid confrontation, the closer you get to giving up in frustration. | |
| Mt 10:27 | Gospel | 04.19.07 | No one should reject the Gospel never having heard it. | |
| Gen 26:20 | Possession | 04.18.07 | Some believe what's their's is their's and what's not their's should be. | |
| Mt 10:26 | Hidden | 04.17.07 | One day soon your closets won't have walls. | |
| Gen 26:18b | Repentance | 04.16.07 | Christians get mulligans (ask a golfer) as long as it glorifies God. | |
| Mt 10:25 | Association | 04.15.07 | Association is much easier than disassociation. | |
| Gen 26:18a | Work | 04.14.07 | Anything done can be undone, and what's been undone can be done again. | |
| Mt 10:24 | Respect | 04.13.07 | With position should come respect, expect for the opportunistic. | |
| Gen 26:17 | Opportunity | 04.12.07 | For the Christian, there is no opportunity so great that a better one can't be discovered where God calls you. | |
| Mt 10:23 | Gospel | 04.11.07 | There is nothing that should prevent us from peaching the Gospel. | |
| Gen 26:16 | Tolerance | 04.10.07 | I'm ok with you as long as I have as much as you do. | |
| Mt 10:22b | Patience | 04.09.07 | Most people are willing to wait until their patience runs out. | |
| Gen 26:15 | Parents | 04.08.07 | It's amazing that children will hurt themselves trying to hurt their parents. | |
| Mt 10:22a | Influence | 04.07.07 | We used to call the smart ones, "Teacher's pet." Now we call them teachers. | |
| Gen 26:14 | Comparison | 04.06.07 | Quantity doesn't matter unless it means he has more than me. | |
| Mt 10:21 | Sin | 04.05.07 | Society breaks down in relation to the degree sin has open reign. | |
| Gen 26:13 | Blessings | 04.04.07 | Most people, if having the choice, would choose certain blessings and not what God desires. | |
| Mt 10:20 | Speech | 04.03.07 | What you might say is not nearly as important as who's saying it. | |
| Gen 26:12 | Blessing | 04.02.07 | We don't work to be blessed, but blessed because we work. | |
| Mt 10:19 | Inspiration | 04.01.07 | Inspiration seldom comes before it's needed. | |
| Gen 26:11 | Instruction | 03.31.07 | "Don't touch the Paint," would accomplish more if it read, "Everyone must touch this!" | |
| Mt 10:18 | Name | 03.30.07 | Just because we don't have to defend Jesus' Name, doesn't mean we shouldn't. | |
| Gen 26:10 | Deception | 03.29.07 | Those who deceive never consider those who will suffer for what they did. | |
| Mt 10:16 | Innocence | 03.28.07 | Innocence doesn't mean pulling your own cord to the guillotine. | |
| Gen 26:9 | Deception | 03.27.07 | When you ask a person why they had to lie, look to them to lie again | |
| Mt 10:15 | Rejection | 03.26.07 | The rejection of Jesus invites destruction as your house guest. | |
| Gen 26:7b | Fear | 03.25.07 | Our worst fears are mostly imagined, seldom realized. | |
| Mt 10:14 | Gospel | 03.24.07 | We should preach a gospel where a negative response is unacceptable. | |
| Gen 26:5 | Blessing | 03.23.07 | People these days don't care why God is blessing them or not blessing them. | |
| Mt 10:13 | Gospel | 03.22.07 | The gospel is too important to waste on people trying to sell you something in return. | |
| Gen 26:3 | Possessions | 03.21.07 | In God's kingdom, you don't have to be a homeowner to have permanence. | |
| Mt 10:12 | Hospitality | 03.20.07 | Hospitality should be a bi-directional quality. | |
| Gen 26:2 | Obedience | 03.19.07 | Obedience mean sacrificing your own plans. | |
| Mt 10:11b | Finish | 03.18.07 | Most everyone starts more things than they finish. | |
| Gen 25:33a | Value | 03.17.07 | Generally men will trade or give away that which cost them nothing. | |
| Mt 10:11a | Listen | 03.16.07 | Why is it that some people talk when no one is listening? | |
| Gen 25:32 | Desire | 03.15.07 | People who practice instant-gratification see no other options. | |
| Mt 10:10 | Giving | 03.14.07 | When we serve God and have needs, other people have opportunity to love God through meeting those needs. | |
| Gen 25:31 | Loss | 03.13.07 | It's highly likely that what we take for granted another person will take. | |
| Mt 10:9 | Faith | 03.12.07 | Faith can work when we don't have anything, because it's certain we must depend on God. | |
| Gen 25:28 | Competition | 03.11.07 | Rivalry has been in play from the time a second person was created. | |
| Mt 10:8 | Giving | 03.10.07 | It's amazing that men will sell anything to anybody, regardless of what was given them. | |
| Gen 25:27b | Fame | 03.09.07 | People of note don't have to promote themselves. | |
| Mt 10:7 | Ignorance | 03.08.07 | The world mocks the very message God has been sending them from day one. | |
| Gen 25:27a | Work | 03.07.07 | A person becomes expert when he does the same thing over and over and over. | |
| Mt 10:6 | Lost | 03.06.07 | Most sheep don't think they're lost, hence the word "dumb" comes into play. | |
| Gen 25:26 | Achievement | 03.05.07 | Everyone who becomes someone owes much to someone else the world regards as no one. | |
| Mt 10:5 | Obedience | 03.04.07 | Obedience applies to both "Go" and "Don't go" as well. | |
| Gen 25:25 | Name | 03.03.07 | A name may define a man, but his character is defined by how he lives. | |
| Mt 10:1 | Mission | 03.02.07 | The mission God gave the disciples, he also gave to you. | |
| Gen 25:22b | Prayer | 03.01.07 | If you're not praying, on what are you waiting? | |
| Mt 9:38 | Witness | 02.28.07 | The first prayer of a Christian is to thank God for salvation, the second to empower them to share the gospel. | |
| Gen 25:22a | Conflicts | 02.27.07 | Unresolved conflicts are associated with disobedience. | |
| Mt 9:37 | Training | 02.26.07 | There are some things reserved for God's man in training. | |
| Gen 25:21 | Prayerlessness | 02.25.07 | Most people won't pray as long as they think they can do something without God's help. | |
| Mt 9:36 | Shepherd | 02.24.07 | Sheep without a shepherd are vulnerable and headed for disaster. | |
| Gen 25:18b | Reconcile | 02.23.07 | When we fail to reconcile our differences with people, we can expect more to surface. | |
| Mt 9:35 | Rest | 02.22.07 | When you've done all you can do, it's time to rest and leave the results to God. | |
| Gen 25:18a | Expectation | 02.21.07 | If nothing is expected of you, then you can rest assured no one is going to help you. | |
| Mt 9:34 | Opinion | 02.20.07 | Don't put any stock in a blind person describing what he saw. | |
| Gen 25:16 | Understanding | 02.19.07 | Just because you can't explain it, doesn't mean God will give you a hint. | |
| Mt 9:33 | Expectation | 02.18.07 | When we expect little, seldom will we be disappointed. | |
| Gen 25:11 | Blessing | 02.17.07 | God often blesses the children of godly parent long after they're gone. | |
| Mt 9:32 | Sin | 02.16.07 | When sin has you speechless, there's only One person who can help. | |
| Gen 25:9a | Death | 02.15.07 | Differences melt when death draws family together. | |
| Mt 9:31 | Witness | 02.14.07 | When something great happens, you just want to tell someone. | |
| Gen 25:8b | Age | 02.13.07 | Old age and godly living are connected. | |
| Mt 9:29 | Belief | 02.12.07 | If we fail to believe anything, we'll get nothing. | |
| Gen 25:5 | Possessions | 02.11.07 | When it's time to go, things don't matter anymore. | |
| Mt 9:28 | Testing | 02.10.07 | We're always being tested to see if we'll follow Jesus or just talk about it. | |
| Gen 25:1 | Failure | 02.09.07 | Don't let people convince you, one failure and you're one and done. | |
| Mt 9:27 | Follow | 02.08.07 | When people follow us and we follow Jesus, they're in effect following Jesus. | |
| Gen 24:63 | Encounter | 02.07.07 | At a time we least suspect, God directs ministry to us. | |
| Mt 9:26 | Gospel | 02.06.07 | We don't need to worry about preaching Jesus to unprepared people. | |
| Gen 24:60c | Enemy | 02.05.07 | God intends for us to take what the enemy wants to keep. | |
| Mt 9:25 | Hope | 02.04.07 | When all hope is gone and Jesus goes in, despair goes out. |
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| Gen 24:60b | Parents | 02.03.07 | God has blessed far more mothers than fathers. | |
| Mt 9:24b | Laughter | 02.02.07 | When men laugh at you, it can be funny, but not so when God does it. | |
| Gen 24:60a | Blessing | 02.01.07 | How many times have we given someone a birthday card when we could have given them a blessing? | |
| Mt 9:24a | Perception | 01.31.07 | What seems apparent to men, is of no consequence to God. | |
| Gen 24:50 | Prayer | 01.30.07 | When God is in it, you don't need to ask Him in. |
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| Mt 9:23 | Witness | 01.29.07 | If you want to find someone to witness to, just follow the noise. | |
| Gen 24:45 | Coincidence | 01.28.07 | It's amazing what we call coincidence is God moving right before our eyes. |
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| Mt 9:22b | Answers | 01.27.07 | When God answers our prayer, it's always right on time. | |
| Gen 24:27 | Direction | 01.26.07 | When God is leading us, we don't neeed to know the destination. | |
| Mt 9:22a | Faith | 01.25.07 | Faith can do what ambition cannot. | |
| Gen 24:42 | Prayer | 01.24.07 | Most situations require we be mobile and pray the same way. | |
| Mt 9:20 | Problem | 01.23.07 | Whatever the problem, we should take it to Jesus, the Problem-Solver. | |
| Gen 24:40a | Angels | 01.22.07 | If the road we're called to travel is difficult or dangerous, we won't go alone. | |
| Mt 9:19 | Follow | 01.21.07 | When Jesus follows you, you better hope it's for the right reason. | |
| Gen 24:34 | Authority | 01.20.07 | When we serve the Lord and he tells us to go, we exercise his authority | |
| Mt 9:18 | Faith | 01.19.07 | Faith requires knowing who to trust and how to ask for help. | |
| Gen 24:33b | Mission | 01.18.07 | When you're on mission, it should come before everything else. | |
| Mt 9:17 | Salvation | 01.17.07 | How can the world be saved without believers in it? | |
| Gen 24:31 | Hospitality | 01.16.07 | Hospitality should be natural for the Christian, but the world usually has a motive. | |
| Mt 9:16b | World | 01.15.07 | If the world goes one way and we go with it, separation is going to hurt. | |
| Gen 24:27b | Excuse | 01.14.07 | Explanations given without relating to God are nothing but an excuse. | |
| Mt 9:16a | World | 01.13.07 | We can mix it up with the world as long as we don't get blended witt it. | |
| Gen 24:27a | Trust | 01.12.07 | Trust is earned, but it shouldn't require constant re-certification. | |
| Mt 9:15 | Opportunity | 01.11.07 | Redeem the time you have before it becomes old news. | |
| Gen 24:21 | Association | 01.10.07 | We can judge a person's character by watching what he does with whom. | |
| Mt 9:14 | Religion | 01.09.07 | Religion leads people to make wrong comparisons and conclusions. | |
| Gen 24:19b | Service | 01.08.07 | A servant never sees an end to their service. | |
| Mt 9:13b | Humility | 01.07.07 | God knows our flaws, but we can't know Him unless we know we're flawed. | |
| Gen 24:15a | Answer | 01.06.07 | God may answer before we finish, but he seldom answers before we start. | |
| Mt 9:13a | Sacrifice | 01.05.07 | The time is over to please God with a dead animal. | |
| Gen 24:14b | Confidence | 01.04.07 | Confirmation is a sure way to be confident. | |
| Mt 9:12 | Advice | 01.03.07 | Isn't it amazing how many sick people try to tell other sick people how to get well? | |
| Gen 24:12b | Intercession | 01.02.07 | God is pleased to listen to someone with the right attitude and approaching him in on behalf of someone else. | |
| Mt 9:11 | Questions | 01.01.07 | Why do we try to answer questions when the right response is, "I don't know?" |