Author: steve2525

One after another young women scream, "Oh my God," when they see their redesigned house on the various house "fixer up" TV shows.  It's likely just an expression without any real meaning, but it points to a portrayal of God that is becoming more common place on TV, an Idol god.  Pagans in Bible times… Continue reading Your God →

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The Lord does not look at the things we do.  People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16: 7).  People consider what they can see on the outside,… Continue reading A View of the Heart →

They were leaders in the church and community, from respected families, married to prominent people, doctors and leaders themselves in the church, but they were committed to fraud.  They found a place secluded, hidden and were having adulterous homosexual sex.  Months later after everything had been settled, resignations accepted, families wrecked in divorce, reputations ruined,… Continue reading Awe and Fear →

I was waiting on the waffle iron to get hot, as I was waiting on my wife to get up, while waiting one hour before eating, after taking my medication.  It was a perfect time to meditate on the Lord, so I began with His attributes: love, abundance, faithfulness, mercy, justice, wisdom and knowledge.  My… Continue reading Spiritual Exercise →

Someone in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you." Yeshua replied, 'Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.' "    (Luke 11: 27-28). The Angel told Mary, Yeshua's mother, she was blessed, but hearing and obeying the word of God is… Continue reading The Value of Instruction →

I woke up exhausted this morning, not because I didn't get enough sleep or was awakened during the night, but by the dream I had.  It was a very detailed story of business and investment in a flower growing venture.  Everyone I knew was in this business and had gathered considerable wealth as a consequence.… Continue reading Not So Sweet Dreams →

God was complete and in union with His one and only Son before creation.  The Holy Spirit as well, Genesis records "The Spirit moved over the waters".  But let's consider the Messiah now, particularly given the incarnation, meaning God becoming man in the flesh.  This inquiry started as I read, "in the hope of eternal… Continue reading Yeshua Before Creation →

There in the dark, late at night, it was  midsummer and I was running for exercise, but really for much more.  I was lonely in this small town in the middle of no where.  I reached a small sign marking the city limits, exhausted, I paused and walked in a circle before returning.  There I… Continue reading Searching For Love →

Two things have been on my mind, 1) the presence of the Lord, and 2) God's Sovereignty over all, all things, all events, all creatures and all people, in heaven and on earth.  These are related most definitely, the first assures us of the second.  When Moses met with God in the tent of meeting,… Continue reading Light and Sovereignty →

This is the thinking that fuels all religion, that personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices for a greater power to whom service and worship is made.  With the knowledge of Creator God so obvious and instinctively known in every human heart, it evokes a response.  Pagan religions were ancient practices… Continue reading What God Desires →

We were talking about vacations and someone remarked, "You weren't on that trip." They had forgotten that I was there.  I made no reply, but it hurt to be forgotten, ignored or overlooked.  All of us forget things, even important matters occasionally.  It is a cliché for men who forget their wedding anniversary, to be… Continue reading Remembered By God →

There is much written on forgiveness, including my own references to the blessings that flow to us as we forgive those who mistreated us.  One of the most astounding statements ever uttered and lived out by Yeshua was, "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything… Continue reading Sustained Forgiveness →

God the Lord is an unending source and flow of goodness to the righteous.  We may go to the fountain of life and drink deeply to our hearts content.  Every true believer is a child of God and has been reckoned righteous, granted righteousness as the direct result of Yeshua's substitutionary death on a Roman… Continue reading A Free Flowing Fountain →

The Apostle Paul went to Ephesus and started talking about Yeshua and the one true God. Ephesus was predominately pagan and their idol was called, Artemis.  Paul found a few disciples of Yeshua and asked them, " 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?'  They answered, 'No, we have not even heard that… Continue reading Maturity In Yeshua →

Time tricks us and confuses what is really  important.  We think our time is very valuable, but it is what we do that gives it worth.  We consider God a subject of time as are we, but He moves with infinite speed, in the future and the past, a thousand years is as a blink… Continue reading Be Ready →

There are many who seek peace today, and peace is good, but at what cost and will the actions taken actually bring about peace?  While we may not be in open war there is hostility on many levels.  The major media corporations promote a secular humanistic world view that foments division in politics, ethnicity, religion,… Continue reading God’s Way of Peace →

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen This hymn is well supported in scripture.  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like… Continue reading Blessings Flow →

Anyone would be wrong to think that he could comprehend God's full plan. (Ecclesiastes 3:11). However, we can see part of His purposes from what He tells us in scripture.  We know that God placed two trees in the garden of Eden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and… Continue reading A Plan For Man →

When younger men are given authority by their Fathers, Elders, and predecessors, it is right to charge them with the responsibility they are assuming together with such authority.  It takes humility to advance in one's career and life calling, so Fathers should be called upon to join in this charge and properly establish a sound… Continue reading A Charge For Today →

With all respect, I ask because it has a bearing on whether, or more specifically, to what extent we rely on Him.  This is more than whether He says the same thing twice.  I think the scripture repeats many essential themes numerous times in various ways in order to convey a more full and deep… Continue reading Does God Repeat Himself? →

Do you know right from wrong?  Yes, instinctively, most would respond.  As children of Adam, we have within us the knowledge of good and evil.  It is evidenced by our conscience, which is an inner voice that creates remorse and convicts us with guilt when we do wrong.  There are other voices as well, the… Continue reading Resigning Self →

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob sees individuals.  This is another distinction from the religions of the world that are dispassionate to the masses, even though a prophet or select person may have been specially acknowledged.  Throughout the Bible we see accounts of God's dealings with individuals low-born, humble, Jew and gentile, weak and… Continue reading God’s Care →