Jeremiah 29:11: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” (NLT) The Israelites were losing everything they had ever known. The Babylonians came after Jerusalem and took exiles to…
Baal
Ah, good ‘ol Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I was reading about them in Daniel 3:16-18 this week as they were getting ready to be thrown into the furnace if they did not bow down to the gold statue Nebuchadnezzar had built of himself. “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to…
We are still on day two of our Israel Trip: Nazareth. Yes, I’m really just writing about day two! Seriously, this trip was a trip of a lifetime and one that I’m still trying to process 9 months later. Please be patient with me. As a reminder, Nazareth was the village…
I’ve been working through Priscilla Shirer’s 2013 Gideon Bible study. In the Bible we often hear about the people of Israel worshiping at the altars of Baal. Listen for a moment about what she says about Baalism: “Baalism sounds like such an ancient and distant religion that we tend to think…
I’m reading a book called Switch by Chip & Dan Heath. In the book it talks about if you have too many choices in life you can become paralyzed. When given a smaller amount of choices, you are more able to quickly make a decision. You are able to focus….
My son has a new thing going on around his neck. It is a car neck pillow. He asked me what it was when he found it and I told him it went around your neck. So, he put it there and there it has stayed. I’m not talking just…
Ezekiel 28:4-5, 10 (NASB) By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired riches for yourself and have acquired gold and silver for your treasures. By your great wisdom, by your trade you have increased your riches and your heart is lifted up because of your riches…”You will die the death…