Scripture: Mark 4:26-28  “He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.  All by itself the soil produces grain—”
Observation: I love that these verses show [...]

Scripture: Mark 2:17–Healthy people don’t need a doctor–sick people do.  I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.
Observation: Jesus got slammed by the religious leaders of the day for hanging out with disreputable people.  They didn’t get why he operated the way he did.  [...]

Scripture: Psalm 114:7,8
“Earth, you will tremble, when the Lord God of Jacob comes near, because he turns solid rock into flowing streams and pools of water.”
Observation:
The Lord God (of Jacob) has a reputation for turning solid rock into streams and pools of water. What an amazing proclamation about God!! He [...]

Acts 14:19-20  The some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowds to their side.  They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead.  But as the believers gathered around him, ho got up and went back into town.  The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
Observation:  Paul [...]

Scripture: “Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.” – Acts 12:7
Observation: Reading the account of Peter’s “Miraculous Escape From Prison” is always exciting to me but [...]

Scripture: (Acts 10:34-35, TNIV): 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts those from every nation who fear him and do what is right.”
Observation: Peter realizes that the hope of Christ — the message of the cross — is for ALL, regardless [...]

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Job 1:6-8 – “One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it”. Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have [...]

S: When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day. Once or twice the merchants [...]

Scripture:  Psalm 1:3  They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season.  Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.
Observation: Trees are supposed to bear fruit–that’s their purpose.  In fact, the fruit of the tree reveals it’s character.  It produces more of itself through the seeds that are in [...]

Nehemiah 4:8,9 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
Observation Jerusalem represents the city where the temple was and thus, where the presence of the Holy One was in [...]