| SCRIPTURE | TOPIC | DATE | THEME | DIARY |
| Mt 21:7 | Giving | 12.31.09 | The wise men showed us how to regard Jesus with reverence and respect. | |
| Gen 45:22 | Provision | 12.30.09 | God doesn't just meet our needs, he usually exceeds them. | |
| Mt 21:6 | Scripture | 12.29.09 | There's no need to read the Bible unless you plan on listening to God. | Kel/Di travel to Batesville, AR.to help Jen clean up. |
| Gen 45:21 | Blessing | 12.28.09 | When God blesses, he also gives the means to carry it. | |
| Ecc 5:9 | Momentum | 12.27.09 | Authority and power is not always necessary, but it sure doesn't hurt. | |
| Ps 10:12 | Forget | 12.26.09 | We should not think when we forget that God does too. | |
| Pr 4:9 | Wisdom | 12.25.09 | Wisdom - the gift that keeps on giving. | Jenny house burned |
| Mt 21:5 | Timing | 12.24.09 | Timing is not only important, it's everything. | |
| Gen 45:17-18 | World | 12.23.09 | Rarely is a Christian in favor with God and not with all the people. | |
| Mt 21:4 | Bible | 12.22.09 | I love the fact that God put all the answers in the back of his book. | |
| Gen 45:16 | Authority | 12.21.09 | When God's people are in charge, everyone benefits. | |
| Ecc 5:8 | Rights | 12.20.09 | When you're doing right, you need not worry about your rights. | |
| Pr 4:8 | Wisdom | 12.19.09 | What we fail to use, we eventually lose. | |
| Ps 10:11 | Providence | 12.18.09 | "Out of sight, out of mind" may work for some people, but not for God. | |
| Mt 21:3 | Excuses | 12.17.09 | Our answer to God shouldn't be "Why," but an unwaivering "Yes!" | |
| Gen 45:15 | Reconciliation | 12.16.09 | Reconciliation begins when one person asks forgiveness. | |
| Mt 21:2 | Potential | 12.15.09 | The simplest things become monumental when God is in it. | |
| Gen 45:14 | Salutation | 12.14.09 | Don't presume a goodbye won't be your last. | |
| Ecc 5:7 | Fear | 12.13.09 | Respect for God is like fear without the tears. | |
| Pr 4:7 | Wisdom | 12.12.09 | Which came first, asking for wisdom or having wisdom to ask? | |
| Ps 10:10 | Hope | 12.11.09 | Defeat may be inevitable, but our Hope is invincible. | Bobby Esch |
| Mt 21:1 | Help | 12.10.09 | If we do everything ourselves, others will miss the blessing of having helped us. | |
| Gen 45:13 | Witness | 12.09.09 | A witness is responsible for telling someone what they've heard and seen. | |
| Mt 20:34 | Sympathy | 12.08.09 | Sympathy accomplishes nothing outside of ministry. | |
| Gen 45:12 | Speech | 12.07.09 | Without realizing it, we speak for someone else everytime we open our mouth. | |
| Ecc 5:6 | Speech | 12.06.09 | A tongue loosed can cook your goose if not form a noose. | |
| Pr 4:6 | Wisdom | 12.05.09 | When we see things as God does, we've moved under his shadow. | |
| Ps 10:8 | Victim | 12.04.09 | Funny how victim and victor share the same root but are opposing implications. | |
| Mt 20:33 | Prayer | 12.03.09 | Presumption has no place in prayer. | Miracle repair |
| Gen 45:11 | Blessing | 12.02.09 | God's blessing is never singularly possessive. | Truck down again |
| Mt 20:32 | Expectation | 12.01.09 | If we're expecting something, it would be good to let someone know what it is, don't you think? | |
| Gen 45:10 | Protection | 11.30.09 | It's not only safe but smart to put all your eggs in God's basket. | |
| Ecc 5:5 | Promise | 11.29.09 | Trust may never be earned after failing to keep a promise. | |
| Pr 4:5 | Choice | 11.28.09 | When we choose something, we reject something else. | |
| Ps 10:7 | Opposition | 11.27.09 | Like the unlit head of a match, evil men will flame up against rigid opposition. | |
| Mt 20:31 | Desperation | 11.26.09 | Desperation trumps timidity. | Thanksgiving Day |
| Gen 45:9 | Friend | 11.25.09 | No one gives meaning to having a friend in high places like God. | |
| Mt 20:30 | Mercy | 11.24.09 | Mercy is only of use when someone feels they need it. | Comcast IP Hwy installed |
| Gen 45:8 | Overcomer | 11.23.09 | If the world can't see God through us, what hope do they have? | The Coming Storm |
| Ecc 5:4 | Speech | 11.22.09 | When judging the least offensive speech, the quietest person in the room wins every time. | P.C. |
| Pr 4:3-4 | Obedience | 11.21.09 | If being obedient requires listening, believing and obeying, most of us aren't. | |
| Ps 10:6 | Dependence | 11.20.09 | Independence is good as long as it's in dependence of God. | |
| Mt 20:29 | Follow | 11.19.09 | People still follow the Gospel just like they did Jesus. | |
| Gen 45:7 | Trust | 11.18.09 | Knowing what God has done and will do is gratifying, but it's why he does it that's life-changing. | |
| Mt 20:28 | Love | 11.17.09 | The most moving thing about Jesus' death is he didn't have to submit to it. | |
| Gen 45:6 | Work | 11.16.09 | There is no such thing as a bad job in a bad economy. | |
| Ecc 5:3 | Prayer | 11.15.09 | You won't daydream while you're praying. | |
| Pr 4:2 | Teaching | 11.14.09 | You can lead a horse to water and make him drink if you've made him thirsty. | |
| Ps 10:5 | Focus | 11.13.09 | When our focus is on men, we lose understanding and confidence. | |
| Mt 20:27 | Discipleship | 11.12.09 | Disciples are discipled by disciples. | |
| Gen 45:5 | Will, God's | 11.11.09 | God's initiative is impervious to interference. | |
| Mt 20:26 | Service | 11.10.09 | Servants get the best reward; they just have to wait for it. | |
| Gen 45:4 | Evidence | 11.09.09 | Evidence accomplishes what an argument cannot. | |
| Ecc 5:2 | Reverence | 11.08.09 | Reverence is a natural result of praying, not the other way around. | |
| Pr 4:1 | Discipline | 11.07.09 | Discipline not received is only incentive to cover our tracks better. | |
| Ps 10:4 | Atheist | 11.06.09 | The atheist can't blame God for anything, but he'd like to. | |
| Mt 20:25 | Authority | 11.05.09 | Power doesn't always accompany authority. | |
| Gen 45:3 | Confession | 11.04.09 | Admission is not the same as confession, nor regret the same as asking forgiveness. | |
| Mt 20:24 | Jealousy | 11.03.09 | Jealousy finds fertile soil at the front of the sanctuary. | |
| Gen 45:2 | Emotion | 11.02.09 | Emotions are the true reflection of what we feel, everything else is manufactured. | |
| Ecc 5:1 | Glory | 11.01.09 | Just because we give glory to God doesn't mean He wants it. | |
| Pr 3:35 | Wisdom | 10.31.09 | Wisdom that comes from God is free for the asking. | |
| Ps 10:3 | Character | 10.30.09 | The character of a person is revealed by who it is he brags on. | Bragging on big Brother. |
| Mt 20:23 | Employer | 10.29.09 | God is not an equal opportunity employer, but employer of equal opportunities. | Hand-grenade disposal |
| Gen 45:1 | Trust | 10.28.09 | Total trust is built on total disclosure and zero deception. | |
| Mt 20:22 | Sacrifice | 10.27.09 | Everyone wants privilege, but few, if any, want to pay for it. | Occupancy permit approved. |
| Gen 44:34 | Guilt | 10.26.09 | It's easier to hurt someone when you can't see their face. | Jamie granted shared custody. |
| Ecc 4:16 | Expectation | 10.25.09 | Hopeless disappointment is the reward for misplaced expectation. | WYSIWYG |
| Pr 3:34 | Mockers | 10.24.09 | The last One standing has the last laugh. | Potifer's wife |
| Ps 10:2 | Evil | 10.23.09 | The evil we wish on others will act like a boomerang. | Haman |
| Mt 20:21 | Success | 10.22.09 | Presumption precedes assumption which is really all about self-consumption. | The Wealthy Church |
| Gen 44:32b | Peace | 10.21.09 | Peace is not the absence of conflict but will come through it. | |
| Mt 20:20 | Association | 10.20.09 | Privilege comes by association, but not necessarily power. | |
| Gen 44:16 | Hiding | 10.19.09 | Trying to conceal something only serves to prove we are guilty of something. | |
| Ecc 4:15 | Dependability | 10.18.09 | The only thing dependable about human nature is it's tendency to do the wrong thing. | |
| Pr 3:33 | Security | 10.17.09 | The same thing that's viewed as blessing by a believer offers false security to someone who's not. | |
| Ps 10:1 | Presence | 10.16.09 | Have you considered God seems closer the more time you spend with Him? | Acie Ford |
| Mt 20:19 | Deception | 10.15.09 | Betrayal wasn't necessary in order for Jesus to be crucified, but it serves to confirm this generation is no better than that one. | |
| Gen 44:15 | Insight | 10.14.09 | Insight is a type of foresight that gives you advantage over those with no hindsight. | When are you expecting? |
| Mt 20:17-18 | Love | 10.13.09 | Love is doing what you don't have to do for the sake of others who don't think it's necessary. | |
| Gen 44:13 | Plans | 10.12.09 | Seeing the unexpected may surprise us, but changing our plans to accommodate it should not. | First night in Cordova |
| Ecc 4:14 | Leadership | 10.11.09 | A person's qualifications don't always qualify him to lead. | |
| Pr 3:32 | Bible | 10.10.09 | The Bible can be read by anyone, but the Holy Spirit reveals what it says to a few. | |
| Ps 9:20 | Confidence | 10.09.09 | Self confidence is an illusion, as it disappears the moment the earth shifts beneath your feet. | |
| Mt 20:15 | Giving | 10.08.09 | The generosity of a Christian should go beyond what others think excessive. | IRS and Jesus |
| Gen 44:11-12 | Submission | 10.07.09 | When we submit ourselves to the wishes of another, we place our life in God's hands. | On joining Marines |
| Mt 20:14 | Employer | 10.06.09 | Employee rights extend as far as "I'm sorry, you're not worth the trouble" | HI - Fortune500 doesn't guarantee employee rights |
| Gen 44:10 | Obedience | 10.05.09 | Obedience is more than doing what you're told. | The optimist |
| Ecc 4:13 | Listening | 10.04.09 | The crust on a fool began forming the moment he stopped listening. | |
| Pr 3:31 | Comparison | 10.03.09 | We become like someone we emulate, be it good or bad. | |
| Ps 9:19 | Ignorance | 10.02.09 | People will do the unimaginable when they don't believe there's a God who cares. | |
| Mt 20:13 | Fairness | 10.01.09 | Fairness is in the eye of the receiver justice and in God's eyes mercy. | |
| Gen 44:8-9 | Motivation | 09.30.09 | What seems reasonable is often victim to the unthinkable. | The security biz |
| Mt 20:12 | Attitude | 09.29.09 | A punched time card reveals how long we worked, not how diligently. | Studebaker Avanti |
| Gen 44:7 | Intention | 09.28.09 | Be careful what you deny; the best intention can be blind at times. | Union Squeeze Play |
| Ecc 4:12 | Strength | 09.27.09 | With human help we are more powerful, but with the Holy Spirit we become invincible. | |
| Pr 3:30 | Discussion | 09.26.09 | If you've acted properly, people who disagree with you don't deserve debate. | Taking up offense usually kills a church |
| Ps 9:18 | Needs | 09.25.09 | In Christ, every need should serve to remind us it's short-term. | |
| Mt 20:11 | Expectation | 09.24.09 | We can receive with gratitude or expectation, but only one honors God. | Lavish tip |
| Gen 44:5 | Accusation | 09.23.09 | When accusations become evidence, there's no reason to defend yourself. | In defense of false claim |
| Mt 20:10 | Employer | 09.22.09 | Surprisingly, tenure and maturity don't always travel together. | |
| Gen 44:1 | Generosity | 09.21.09 | What appears to be generosity may in fact, be opportunistic. | |
| Ecc 4:11 | Marriage | 09.20.09 | Self-efficiency is not only lonely, but often lacking. | |
| Pr 3:29 | Deception | 09.19.09 | Both premeditated murder and telling a lie are equal first degree sins. | |
| Ps 9:17 | Memory | 09.18.09 | Forgetting God is bad, but it's worse to think dying that way, we'll remember and He'll forget. | |
| Mt 20:8 | Grace | 09.17.09 | Grace has no pay scale or fine print. | Abby's BD |
| Gen 43:34 | Family | 09.16.09 | Brothers in the Lord should be closer than two people with the same parents. | |
| Mt 20:7 | Ministry | 09.15.09 | No one in the family of God is out of work, even if it appears otherwise. | |
| Gen 43:33 | Guilt | 09.14.09 | No one likes it when someone knows everything about them. | Rain |
| Ecc 4:10 | Support | 09.13.09 | Some people never reach their potential because they have no help or they refuse it. | Jen's BD; one person interested in prayer class at church. |
| Pr 3:28 | Blessing | 09.12.09 | If we've been blessed, we're expected to pass it on - sooner than later. | Little rest, much work, little time |
| Ps 9:16 | Patience | 09.11.09 | I wonder if our persistent testing of his patience wearies God? | Extreme Arm Pain |
| Mt 20:3 | Employer | 09.10.09 | You can't always expect your employer to treat you right, but you can trust God to make it right. | Truck healed. TY |
| Gen 43:32 | Relationship | 09.09.09 | Only Jesus can help us live with someone we love and dislike. | New PT Face |
| Mt 20:2 | Business | 09.08.09 | Taking care of business means taking care of your employees. | Blown head gasket? New truck? |
| Gen 43:31 | Actions | 09.07.09 | What we do reflects our heart more than what we say. | Back Home and catching up. |
| Ecc 4:9 | Marriage | 09.06.09 | Two working together can accomplishment much more than one, be it positive or negative. | SOTO |
| Pr 3:27 | Blessing | 09.05.09 | If we've been blessed, we're the dispensers of God's grace to others. | SOTO |
| Ps 9:15 | Knowledge | 09.04.09 | Be careful - what you don't know about God can be extremely hazardous to your health. | On retreat at Shepherd of the Ozarks. |
| Mt 20:1 | Service | 09.03.09 | Delegation finds fruition in those with dedication and determination. | Serious Truck issues |
| Gen 43:30a | Retreat | 09.02.09 | We need an inside place to go so we can deal with what's on the outside. | |
| Mt 19:30 | Service | 09.01.09 | First responders in ministry stay until the work is done. | |
| Gen 43:29b | Prayer | 08.31.09 | If we spent as much time praying for people as we do talking about them, the world would be a better place. | |
| Ecc 4:8 | Alone | 08.30.09 | Loneliness is not always a product of being alone, nor is being part of a family feeling like you belong. | |
| Pr 3:25-26 | Sin | 08.29.09 | Wickedness is a magnet for those who aren't attached to God's word. | |
| Ps 9:14 | Thanksgiving | 08.28.09 | If you want to thank God for victory over death, you need to do it this side of the grave. | |
| Mt 19:29 | Loss | 08.27.09 | When did we start preaching a person can live eternally in heaven and never lose anything? | |
| Gen 43:27a | Care | 08.26.09 | We should care for ourselves first, then our family and finally others. | |
| Mt 19:28 | Heaven | 08.25.09 | It's hard to concentrate on heaven when earth is pulling you down. | |
| Gen 43:26 | Revelation | 08.24.09 | When God shows you what he told you, you're just itching to tell someone. | |
| Ecc 4:7 | Choice | 08.23.09 | The empty hours in a man's life are usually filled with more of the same. | |
| Pr 3:24 | Sleep | 08.22.09 | It's not surprising that a Christian can sleep better than someone who fears they might not wake up. | |
| Ps 9:13 | Salvation | 08.21.09 | Salvation is a three way applicator: it worked in the past, is working now and will work in the future. | |
| Mt 19:27 | Impulsiveness | 08.20.09 | Just because something runs through my head, it doesn't mean it has to come out my mouth. | |
| Gen 43:22b | Hope | 08.19.09 | I'm so thankful that being clueless doesn't mean we're hopeless. | |
| Mt 19:26 | Change | 08.18.09 | Salvation is an extreme makeover provided courtesy of the Holy Spirit. | |
| Gen 43:18a | Courage | 08.17.09 | Willingness to face our worst fear is sometimes prerequisite to blessing. | |
| Ecc 4:5-6 | Work | 08.16.09 | Burning the midnight oil over and over runs the risk of running out. | |
| Pr 3:23 | Obedience | 08.15.09 | The space between "can't" and "won't" is very slight. | |
| Ps 9:12 | Perspective | 08.14.09 | No generation will see everything God plans to do from this vantage point. | |
| Mt 19:25 | Honesty | 08.13.09 | You'd think you wouldn't sell much by emphasizing the high cost and what you're going to lose, but Jesus did. | |
| Gen 43:17 | Service | 08.12.09 | Sometimes we are so impressed by someone, we forget the supporting cast. | |
| Mt 19:24 | Money | 08.11.09 | You have to care about money to make a lot of it, but care more about God to give it up. | |
| Gen 43:16 | Reconciliation | 08.10.09 | Reunions should spark good memories, not ignite feelings of remorse or retaliation. | |
| Ecc 4:10 | Help | 08.09.09 | Some things aren't shaped for one person to do alone. | |
| Pr 3:22 | Appropriation | 08.08.09 | You probably won't lose what you use. | |
| Ps 9:11 | Music | 08.07.09 | Music and thanksgiving go together. | |
| Mt 19:23 | Temptation | 08.06.09 | The larger the distraction, the greater the temptation. | |
| Gen 43:15 | Mercy | 08.05.09 | The best excuses will never earn mercy. | |
| Mt 19:22 | Life | 08.04.09 | It's amazing how much we're willing to invest in something that's temporary and not actually our's. | |
| Gen 43:13b | Parents | 08.03.09 | A father's blessing passes responsibility to God to finish what he started. | |
| Ecc 4:4 | Competition | 08.02.09 | Competition brings out the best and worst in us. | |
| Pr 3:21 | Recall | 08.01.09 | Recalling what needs to be done is one part preparation and two parts dedication. | |
| Ps 9:10 | Name | 07.31.09 | Even his enemies call him God, but do you know his real name? | |
| Mt 19:21 | Perfect | 07.30.09 | Perfection is in the eye of the Beholder. | |
| Gen 43:12 | Compromise | 07.29.09 | Compensation is not a part of every equation. | |
| Mt 19:20 | Law | 07.28.09 | Why do we try make easy things hard, and hard things easy? | |
| Gen 43:11c | Mistakes | 07.27.09 | Be careful you don't cover all your bases and fail to step on home plate. | |
| Ecc 4:3 | Evil | 07.26.09 | It's difficult, if not impossible, to describe good without also describing evil. | |
| Pr 3:20 | Witnessing | 07.25.09 | We should be like the water table, constantly taking in God's sustenance and then spreading it around. | |
| Ps 9:9 | Trouble | 07.24.09 | If there was a yellow page ad entitled "Trouble," the first listing should be "Pray." | |
| Mt 19:19 | Honor | 07.23.09 | This generation regards honor as making periodical eye contact and love as anything but hate. | |
| Gen 43:11b | Desperation | 07.22.09 | Our survival instinct trumps reluctance. | |
| Mt 19:18 | Excuses | 07.21.09 | Spilt a hair and you may slice your finger. | |
| Gen 43:10 | Blame | 07.20.09 | Who are we blaming for our failure to trust God? | |
| Ecc 4:2 | Depression | 07.19.09 | Don't die before you're dead. | |
| Pr 3:19 | Consistency | 07.18.09 | Consistency in doing the right thing is evidence of integrity. | |
| Ps 9:7-8 | Judgment | 07.17.09 | I wonder if the last Judge standing will judge the evil judges before anyone else? | |
| Mt 19:17 | Answers | 07.16.09 | God used, "Is that your final answer," long before a game show host. | |
| Gen 43:9 | Questions | 07.15.09 | How can a person know how to pray if he never asks a question? | |
| Mt 19:16 | Heaven | 07.14.09 | The number one question of all time is still being asked, "What can I do to extend my life?" | |
| Gen 43:6 | Lies | 07.13.09 | When we encourage other people to lie, we become complicit in their sin. | |
| Ecc 4:1 | Trouble | 07.12.09 | Whoever said "Misery loves company," should stay away from a microphone. | |
| Pr 3:18 | Will | 07.11.09 | Knowing God's plan offers benefit in this life, but knowing Him, benefit beyond. | |
| Ps 9:6 | Enemies | 07.10.09 | There is a tendency to give far too much attention to temporary annoyances. | |
| Mt 19:14 | Children | 07.09.09 | It's strange how everyone starts off little, but when they get bigger, they belittle being little. | |
| Gen 43:2 | Selfishness | 07.08.09 | "Out of sight, out of mind" is the tendency of selfish people. | |
| Mt 19:13 | Prayer | 07.07.09 | It's never too late to do the right thing by our children although we may experience problems for having done it wrong for so long. | |
| Gen 43:1 | Motivation | 07.06.09 | Motivation is born just above our tolerance level. |
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| Ecc 3:23 | Suffering | 07.05.09 | Suffering is usually the result of someone else exercising liberty without compassion. | |
| Ps 9:5 | Grateful | 07.04.09 | Investments passed on to ungrateful people will result in chaos and loss. | |
| Pr 3:17 | Fellowship | 07.03.09 | Have you noticed the more time you spend with someone, the more you resemble them? | |
| Mt 19:11 | Desire | 07.02.09 | The power to abstain may be the weakest natural desire. | |
| Gen 42:38 | Desperation | 07.01.09 | When caution is thrown to the wind, you can expect surprises. | |
| Mt 19:10 | Commitment | 06.30.09 | Seldom is the total cost considered when starting something. | |
| Gen 42:37 | Guilt | 06.29.09 | Guilt is a stronger motivation than desire alone. | |
| Ecc 3:22 | Focus | 06.28.09 | Regardless of where we say we're going, we're following our focus. | |
| Pr 3:17 | Discernment | 06.27.09 | If we rule out everything that isn't, what's left is. | |
| Ps 9:4 | Defense | 06.26.09 | God not only has my "six,'" he has my number. | |
| Mt 19:9 | Divorce | 06.25.09 | It's not how you dot your i's or cross your t's, but the fact you did "it." | |
| Gen 42:36b | Depression | 06.24.09 | The only thing between us and depression is hope. | |
| Mt 19:8 | Marriage | 06.23.09 | Selfless love should keep husband and wife together and not a promise. | |
| Gen 42:31 | Witness | 06.22.09 | Talk is cheap, right actions priceless. | |
| Ecc 3:20-21 | Life | 06.21.09 | Heaven and hell in simplest terms is "With God" and "Not." | |
| Pr 3:16 | Progress | 06.20.09 | The difference between cooperation with God and resistance can be measured in progress. | |
| Ps 9:3 | Enemies | 06.19.09 | If both you and your enemy wish bad things on each other and get your wish, who wins? | |
| Mt 19:7 | Motives | 06.18.09 | It's more important to understand why a question was asked than simply answering it. | |
| Gen 42:29 | Deception | 06.17.09 | Nothing but the truth is easy if we can leave out the whole truth. | |
| Mt 19:6 | Marriage | 06.16.09 | Two are better than one as long as both of them want what God wants. | |
| Gen 42:28 | Neglect | 06.15.09 | Most of the things we blame on God are a product of our neglect. | |
| Ecc 3:19 | Death | 06.14.09 | Death is not only certain, it's closer today than yesterday. | |
| Pr 3:15 | Desire | 06.13.09 | Our desires become like God's when we see things like He does. | |
| Ps 9:2 | Joy | 06.12.09 | Joy is knowing what God is doing behind what's obvious. | |
| Mt 19:4 | Listening | 06.11.09 | How many times should God be made to repeat what He said? | |
| Gen 42:26 | Blessing | 06.10.09 | Not everything that seems like a blessing is one. | |
| Mt 19:3 | Questions | 06.09.09 | Tell people what they need to know, not necessarily what they want to know. | |
| Gen 42:25 | Giving | 06.08.09 | Giving should never include expectation of return. | |
| Ecc 3:18 | Arrogance | 06.07.09 | Arrogance is destined to collide head-on with reality. | |
| Pr 3:14 | Wealth | 06.06.09 | The only thing certain in this life is the tendency of wealth to change hands. | |
| Ps 9:1 | Gratefulness | 06.05.09 | Gratefulness is not only a spirit, but includes bragging on God. | |
| Mt 19:2 | Will, God's | 06.04.09 | We shouldn't have to ask God's will, as it goes with us when we walk with Jesus. | |
| Gen 42:24 | Crying | 06.03.09 | Wet eyes are a good way to tell a person's degree of responsiveness. | |
| Mt 19:1 | Move | 06.02.09 | We can't serve God and never be moved. | |
| Gen 42:23 | Nature | 06.01.09 | Does a Hebrew turned Egyptian think in Hebrew or Egyptian? | |
| Ecc 3:17 | Timing | 05.31.09 | Good can be performed at the wrong time, sometimes making it bad. | |
| Pr 3:13 | Possession | 05.30.09 | Just because we have access to something doesn't mean we have its benefit. | |
| Ps 8:6-8 | Idolatry | 05.29.09 | When we elevate animals to our level, we lower our perception of God. | |
| Mt 18:35 | Forgiveness | 05.28.09 | Forgiveness - what you don't deserve, can't earn but can't afford to live without. | |
| Gen 42:22 | Conflict | 05.27.09 | Saying "I told you so," accomplishes nothing, except renew conflict. | |
| Mt 18:33 | Mercy | 05.26.09 | When mercy is not passed on, it's unfinished business. | |
| Gen 42:21a | Listening | 05.25.09 | Just because you have ears doesn't mean you listen. | |
| Ecc 3:16 | Compromise | 05.24.09 | Compromise takes more than it gives. | |
| Pr 3:12 | Warning | 05.23.09 | Don't say you love someone when you won't tell them what God thinks of their actions. | |
| Ps 8: 5 | Discipleship | 05.22.09 | Shaping someone to be like Jesus is our highest privilege. | |
| Mt 18:31 | Prayer | 05.21.09 | Release comes from emptying your feelings to God, the only one who really cares. | |
| Gen 42:19 | Honesty | 05.20.09 | Honesty, when called into question, will risk loss for the sake of integrity. | |
| Mt 18:29-30 | Forgiveness | 05.19.09 | All men are in debt to something or someone, but not all men will honor their obligation, even if forgiven. | |
| Gen 42:18a | Testimony | 05.18.09 | How can we all share belief in the same God, yet disagree about what we believe? | |
| Ecc 3:15b | Accountability | 05.17.09 | Sin is bad enough, but leading someone else to do it is far worse. | |
| Pr 3:11 | Warning | 05.16.09 | God loves us the way we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way. | |
| Ps 8:4 | Humility | 05.15.09 | Humility comes from knowing what you deserve. | |
| Mt 18:28 | Forgiveness | 05.14.09 | We deserve judgment but are graced with forgiveness so we can grace others | |
| Gen 42:16 | Lying | 05.13.09 | It's harder than you think to be a persuasive liar. | |
| Mt 18:27 | Forgiveness | 05.12.09 | Forgiveness does not cancel obligation. | |
| Gen 42:15a | Testing | 05.11.09 | Life is a test to see if we've learned anything or just used up oxygen. | |
| Ec 3:15 | History | 05.10.09 | There's nothing we can do about yesterday except learn from it and move on. | |
| Pr 3:10 | Blessing | 05.09.09 | God richest blessings are conditional upon us blessing someone else. | |
| Ps 8:3 | Ego | 05.08.09 | Man's basic problem is thinking he's bigger than he really is. | |
| Mt 18:26 | Kindness | 05.07.09 | Whatever kindness God shows us, we should show others. | |
| Gen 42:11 | Honesty | 05.06.09 | If honesty includes thought and speech, does it even exist? | |
| Mt 18:24 | Debt | 05.05.09 | There is but one debt that can never be repaid. | |
| Gen 42:9a | Memory | 05.04.09 | Recalling the past, more times than not, reminds us of unresolved issues. | |
| Ecc 3:14 | Environment | 05.03.09 | Every destructive thing man can do is unable to destroy what God has created. | |
| Pr 3:9 | Giving | 05.02.09 | What we give is not as important as to whom and in what spirit. | |
| Ps 8:2 | Success | 05.01.09 | What will make us successful is our dependence on God. | |
| Mt 18:23 | Stories | 04.30.09 | A good story is easier to digest than direct rebuke. | |
| Gen 42:8 | Service | 04.29.09 | Just because someone doesn't see us, doesn't mean they won't see what we do. | |
| Mt 18:22 | Fear | 04.28.09 | God's grace is not limited by man's short-sightedness. | |
| Gen 42:7 | Exposure | 04.27.09 | Numbers 32:23 happens! But it may take a longtime so you can enjoy your misery longer. | |
| Ecc 3:13 | Work | 04.26.09 | Only in America will someone unemployed for a long time wait for the "right" job. | |
| Pr 3:8 | Health | 04.25.09 | Repentance yields certain health benefits beyond the obvious spiritual ones. | |
| Ps 8:1 | Creation | 04.24.09 | The closer and farther we look, the more we see God's handiwork. | |
| Mt 18:21 | Obedience | 04.23.09 | Obedience is joyfully doing what you're told, the first time you're told to do it. | |
| Gen 42:6 | Error | 04.22.09 | There's no pleasure in proving people wrong, but seeing God do it is another thing altogether. | |
| Mt 18:20 | Power | 04.21.09 | There's no magic when Christians come together, just a simple promise with magnificent potential. | |
| Gen 42:4 | Fear | 04.20.09 | Everything we do is motivated by either fear or faith. | |
| Ecc 3:12 | Focus | 04.19.09 | It's impossible to see good when you're focused on what's bad. | |
| Pr 3:7 | Humility | 04.18.09 | Humility consists of limited self-esteem, high God-esteem and holy living. | |
| Ps 7:17 | Music | 04.17.09 | Beautiful music may be to us as creation is to God. | |
| Mt 18:19 | Agreement | 04.16.09 | When two people pray the same thing at the same time, things happen! | |
| Gen 42:1b | Decisions | 04.15.09 | When you come to a fork in the road, let God take it. | |
| Mt 18:18 | Authority | 04.14.09 | If never used, all divine authority granted me is wasted. | |
| Gen 41:57 | Preparation | 04.13.09 | Preparation is obedience with eagerness. | |
| Ecc 3:11 | Skepticism | 04.12.09 | Ever since Resurrection Sunday, skeptics have been dying to know where Jesus is. | |
| Pr 3:6 | Steadfast | 04.11.09 | Our spiritual experience should be no greater on Sunday than Monday | |
| Mt 18:17 | Accountability | 04.10.09 | Exactly when did we stop holding people accountable for their profession? | |
| Ps 7:16 | Sin | 04.09.09 | Doing wrong exposes a sinful tendency you've tried to conceal. | |
| Gen 41:55 | Delegation | 04.08.09 | Delegation is successful when you depend on God. | |
| Mt 18:16 | Decisions | 04.07.09 | It's important to listen and make decisions based on sound counsel. | |
| Gen 41:52 | Hope | 04.06.09 | It's never too late to do right - unless you're dead. | |
| Ecc 3:10 | Dependence | 04.05.09 | Most people won't look up until they're flat on their back. |
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| Pr 3:5 | Doubt | 04.04.09 | Partial trust is doubt, total trust belief and acting on it faith. | |
| Ps 7:15 | Vengeance | 04.03.09 | Vengeance and spite more times than not, come back home with an attitude. | |
| Mt 18:15 | Accusation | 04.02.09 | Why is it that private confrontation makes us more nervous than public condemnation? | |
| Gen 41:51 | Past | 04.01.09 | Some of us can't move forward because we can't get past our past. | |
| Mt 18:14 | Discipleship | 03.31.09 | When we fail to disciple a new believer, we are negligent of our God-given responsibility. | |
| Gen 41:50 | Family, Blended | 03.30.09 | Blended families are not excluded from serving God. | |
| Ecc 3:9 | Benefit | 03.29.09 | Often what seems like punishment may offer the highest reward. | |
| Pr 3:4 | Reward | 03.28.09 | Reward comes from God through people who give us reputation. | |
| Ps 7:14 | Evil | 03.27.09 | There's no war between good and evil, just good people doing what comes naturally. | |
| Mt 18:13 | Lost | 03.26.09 | Being lost means having no true point of reference to base your next move. | |
| Gen 41:49 | Expectation | 03.25.09 | Too often we limit God by expecting too little. | |
| Mt 18:12 | Separation | 03.24.09 | Those times we've run from God may be the times He was the closest. | |
| Gen 41:45 | Name | 03.23.09 | Men may change their name, but God knows us by the one He's given us. | |
| Ecc 3:8b | War | 03.22.09 | Millions of people owe their peace to other peace-lovers who answered the call to arms. | |
| Pr 3:3 | Memory | 03.21.09 | How will you remember what you never commit to memory? | |
| Ps 7:12-13 | Repentance | 03.20.09 | It's curious in the light of the crucifixion, how some view repentance as trivial. | |
| Mt 18:10 | Angels | 03.19.09 | The difference in "there are angels" and "their angels" is dramatic as one is interesting and the other answers a lot of questions. | |
| Gen 41:44 | Responsibility | 03.18.09 | Authority granted does not preclude accountability for how it's used or not used. | |
| Mt 18:9 | Decisions | 03.17.09 | Wrong choices never look bad when we make them. | |
| Gen 41:43 | Responsibility | 03.16.09 | Responsibility should never be given to someone without corresponding authority. | |
| Ecc 3:8a | Hate | 03.15.09 | We are most like Christ when we hate sin an love the sinner. | |
| Pr 3:1 | Obedience | 03.14.09 | If long life, prosperity and peace belong to the obedient, what does that say of those who are not? | |
| Ps 7:11 | Judgment | 03.13.09 | Not even death can keep the accused, his judge and jury from facing Judge Jesus someday. | |
| Mt 18:7 | Ministry | 03.12.09 | Whoever convinced us that encouraging believers is less important than evangelism shouldn't stand too close to the water. | |
| Gen 41:39 | Wisdom | 03.11.09 | Not all intelligent people are smart enough to ask God for wisdom. | |
| Mt 18:2 | Attitude | 03.10.09 | Children are trusting, teachable, changeable and excitable, the things most of us used to be. | |
| Gen 41:38 | Testimony | 03.09.09 | A Christian should stand out as uncommon among those who are not. | |
| Ecc 3:7b | Exaggeration | 03.08.09 | Most of us have the tendency to tell more than we know. | |
| Pr 2:21 | Worldliness | 03.07.09 | The gap between God's people and the world widens over time. | |
| Ps 7:10 | Motives | 03.06.09 | Both good and bad motives are the result of spending a lot of time with someone. | |
| Mt 18:1 | Doubt | 03.05.09 | Don't speak everything you think, or you may have to eat it. | |
| Gen 41:33 | Wisdom | 03.04.09 | If you think wisdom and intelligence always go together, just look at most politicians and think again. | |
| Mt 17:27b | Grace | 03.03.09 | Sometimes what God does is less astounding than the fact He did it. | |
| Gen 41:32 | Attention | 03.02.09 | "Out of sight out of mind" is fine as long as it's not God you're talking about. | |
| Ecc 3:7a | Temptation | 03.01.09 | If something is a sinful temptation to you, is it right to "bless" someone else with it? |
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| Pr 2:20 | Salvation | 02.28.09 | If it looks like a Christian and talks like a Christian, then it must be a Christian, right? | |
| Ps 7:9 | Assurance | 02.27.09 | The larger your sin nature, the less secure you feel. | |
| Mt 17:27 | Deference | 02.26.09 | Exercising personal liberty won't preach Jesus like surrendering it will. | |
| Gen 41:31 | Memory | 02.25.09 | Too long in the valley and we tend to forget the mountain. | |
| Mt 17:26 | Privilege | 02.24.09 | Privilege is seldom earned by the one receiving it. |
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| Gen 41:30 | Gratefulness | 02.23.09 | Just because it's human nature to take blessings for granted, doesn't mean we should. | |
| Ecc 3:6b | Usefulness | 02.22.09 | It would be great if stuff discarded itself when it's no longer useful. | |
| Pr 2:18 | Adultery | 02.21.09 | Adultery starts with a glance and ends in captivity to guilt and sin. | |
| Ps 7:8 | Judgment | 02.20.09 | The only people who rush to the courthouse are judges or fools. | |
| Mt 17:25c | Friends | 02.19.09 | Teams in sports wear different colored jerseys, but in life it's harder to tell who's on your side. | |
| Gen 41:29 | Abundance | 02.18.09 | Too often, creativity is lulled to sleep with too little need. | |
| Mt 17:25b | Prayer | 02.17.09 | When we get close to Jesus, we seldom have to begin the conversation. | |
| Gen 41:25 | Equipped | 02.16.09 | It's important to not only know what Scripture says, but what it doesn't say. | |
| Ecc 3:6 | Searching | 02.15.09 | We Christians have perfected the art of searching for what we already have. | |
| Pr 2:17 | Choices, Wrong | 02.14.09 | When has temptation ever led to something good in God's view? | |
| Ps 7:7 | Praise | 02.13.09 | Worship requires only one person and God, but praise works better with a whole bunch of worshippers and God in one place. | |
| Mt 17:24 | Snares | 02.12.09 | Most traps are laid, not by an outsider, but by someone who claims to believe what you do. | |
| Gen 41: 25 | Answers | 02.11.09 | Often time God will give us answers to questions we've never asked. | |
| Mt 17:23 | Gospel | 02.10.09 | Just because the Gospel is good news, it doesn't mean we never weep over it. |
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| Gen 41:16 | Glory | 02.09.09 | If all your abilities and talents are stripped away and you still have good left, it must be Christ in you. | |
| Ecc 3:5b | Friendship | 02.08.09 | An outward sign of close friendship doesn't always mean you're safe when you turn your back. | |
| Pr 2:16 | Choices | 02.07.09 | Right choices are the result of knowing right and a strong desire to do right. | |
| Ps 7:6 | Grace | 02.06.09 | When we see God giving grace to people who don't deserve it, we have a tendency to forget we're in that group. |
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| Mt 17:22 | Prayer, Dynamic | 02.05.09 | While on the move, we should thank God for where we've been, ask Him to go before us and look for His moving around us. | |
| Gen 41:15 | Availability | 02.04.09 | If we want to serve God, then we better be ready to give people His word. | |
| Mt 17:20 | Faith | 02.03.09 | Real faith doesn't come in varying degrees, we either have it or we don't. | |
| Gen 41:9 | Backsliding | 02.02.09 | Backsliding is the result of depending on someone other than God to keep his promise. | |
| Ecc 3:4 | Altars | 02.01.09 | Everything we do should in some way remind us of God. | |
| Pr 2:14 | Pleasure | 01.31.09 | No one embraces sin that didn't begin by simply thinking about the pleasure it might bring. | |
| Ps 2:3 | Conscience, Clear | 01.30.09 | A clear conscience invites God to scrutinize what we consider no problem. | |
| Mt 17:19 | Appropriation | 01.29.09 | Some situations demand appropriating Jesus' power, something for which He is undeniably responsible. | |
| Gen 41:8 | God, Listening to | 01.28.09 | Intelligence doesn't count for much when You need to hear from God. | |
| Mt 17:18 | Ministry | 01.27.09 | If we really believed what Jesus said, there would no end to ministry opportunities available to us. | |
| Gen 41:1 | Waiting | 01.26.09 | While we are waiting anyway, why not learn to wait on God? | |
| Ecc 3:4b | Emotion | 01.25.09 | God is not impressed by our emotion as much as our motion. | |
| Pr 2:13 | Gospel, Rejection | 01.24.09 | If you've heard the Gospel and reject it, you tend to get increasingly resistive until a spirit of doubt and opposition defines your character. | |
| Ps 7:2 | Complacency | 01.23.09 | A comfort zone is the place where we take God's protection for granted. | |
| Mt 17:17 | Influence, Worldly | 01.22.09 | If you want to cook a Christian, put them in warm water and slowly raise the temperature to boiling. | |
| Gen 40:23 | Memory | 01.21.09 | It's a godly thing to remember the name of a person the world considers a nobody. | |
| Mt 17:14 | Faith | 01.20.09 | Our faith is so weak, our enemies don't even have to show up to get the victory. | |
| Gen 40:14 | Disappointment | 01.19.09 | When men forget us, it doesn't mean God has. | |
| Ecc 3:4 | Emotion | 01.18.09 | You may hold emotion in, but you can't keep it in forever. | |
| Pr 2:12 | Wisdom | 01.17.09 | God's way and man's way may run parallel at times, but are seldom, if ever, headed the same direction. | |
| Ps 7:6 | Justice | 01.16.09 | When mercy turns away, no one wins. | |
| Mt 17:13a | Understanding | 01.15.09 | We'll never fully understand what Jesus said until we spend more time with Him. | |
| Gen 40:8 | Actions | 01.14.09 | Why do Christians expect those who don't know God to act and think like they do? | |
| Mt 17:12b | Choice | 01.13.09 | Without God in our life, freedom of choice is nothing more than a trigger for sin. | |
| Gen 40:3 | Coincidence | 01.12.09 | If you think events and encounters are random occurrences, you don't know God or his Word very well. | |
| Ecc 3:3b | Encouragement | 01.11.09 | What we don't build up, is in the process of coming down. | |
| Pr 2:11 | Influence | 01.10.09 | Nothing will influence me today unless I allow it. | |
| Ps 7:3a | Conviction | 01.09.09 | Confession follows conviction. | |
| Gen 39:23 | Success | 01.08.09 | God helps those who persevere over trouble and trouble-makers. | |
| Ge 39:22 | Captive | 01.07.09 | The top inmate is still an inmate. | |
| Mt 17:10 | Sight | 01.06.09 | Sometimes we see what we want to see and miss what's obvious. | |
| Gen 39:21 | Trust | 01.05.09 | I can count on God today, everything else is like catching the wind. | |
| Ecc 3:3 | Healing | 01.04.09 | You can't kill something that's already dead, but healing is possible through prayer. | |
| Pr 2:10 | Wisdom | 01.03.09 | We're not born with knowledge or wisdom, but can earn one and pray for the other. | |
| Ps 6:10 | Opposition | 01.02.09 | We should care about being truthful, not about what people think. | |
| Pr 6:10 | Anticipation | 01.01.09 | While I'm sleeping, someone else is doing what I want to do. |