“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15b)The book of Joshua teaches us two main lessons: faith and obedience.When they spied out the promise land, it was faith that helped Joshua and Caleb believe in God’s ability to see them through. Faith is God’s currency, and he always rewards it.The spies without faith died without stepping foot in the promise land. Joshua and Caleb, ho...  Read More

Pursuit is an action word. If we desire happiness, we must be taking steps to see it come to pass. Happiness is not something that magically appears in our lives.The problem is we humans tend to complicate matters. When we make an action plan and fail to seek God for his leading on the matter, we make a mess of our situation; therefore, preventing our happiness.Phillipians 4:6 tells us to “let our...  Read More

John 11:39 KJVJesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.Whether it’s rancid food or roadkill, we’ve all had the misfortune of smelling a decomposing item. In this case, it was Lazarus.During Jesus’ time in Israel, embalming was not practiced; instead, the dead corpse was sealed in a t...  Read More

When Abraham traveled up Mount Moriah to sacrifice Isaac - he knew God would provide! Whether that was raising Isaac from the dead or some other miracle; you can’t have descendants as the stars of heaven (Gen. 15:5) without a child to bring those descendants into being.Personally, I’m not sure I would’ve had Abraham’s level of faith, but I do know, if we want to see the ram caught in the thicket (...  Read More

James 1:17 says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”Everything from the breath in our lungs to the home where we live are gifts from God. He provides every good thing we have.As sinners, we often misattribute our belongings to ourselves - and even we Christians can fall into this...  Read More

Job 1:8 KJVAnd the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?Many new Christians are under the false assumption that after accepting Christ their life will be smooth sailing.The Book of Job directly refutes this idea. Satan attacks Job BECAUSE he served the Lord with al...  Read More

Sanctification means separation unto God. We can’t live for the Lord and live for this world simultaneously.In better words:You Can’t Drink with the Devil and Sup with Jesus.Our lives are meant to be an example to those around us of God’s power, provision, and presence.If the world can see no difference between us and them, then we’ve failed in our mission to witness the gospel message.The Book of...  Read More

Genesis 13:7-8 KJV[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. [8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.Genesis 13:11 KJV[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot jo...  Read More

When you attend a wedding, the minister typically asks, “If anyone here has any reason why these two should not be married, speak now or forever hold your peace.”In real life, no one ever speaks up, but in the movies this is when the ex-boyfriend comes running down the aisle to profess his love to the bride and whisk her away.Now, spiritually-speaking, we are the bride of Christ. We need to search...  Read More

Farmers and gardeners know there will be no crop if you plant no seeds. There is needful preparation in order to receive an full harvest: tilling the ground, irrigation, pruning, etc.A farmer cannot sit around idly and expect an abundant crop, and the same is true for us spiritually.If all 10 virgins (Matt. 25) would have been stocked up on their oil, they all would have had the provision of a hus...  Read More

Esther 4:14 KJVFor if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?Esther after becoming the queen of Persia was in a unique position to save her people from slaughter, but if she came ...  Read More

Obedience is a topic that spans the testaments of the Bible. In the Old Testament, God tells us that obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Sam 15:22). In the New Testament, Peter says, “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).If you’ve ever had a small child, you know obedience can be a hard thing. The sin nature makes us hard-wired to resist obedience whether we’re 2 or 92.We must seek ...  Read More