Triathlon

“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…

Gloriously Hidden

Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty, walk before Me, and be blameless.” Genesis 17:1 Walk – Oswald Chambers knew the Lord.  His insights continue to challenge believers decades after his death.  One of his great concerns was the call to humility.  As…

The Wrong Path

This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; Ephesians 4:17-18…

Why Bother?

Again I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?” Nehemiah 5:9 Walk – Nehemiah’s question is a good one.  It gives us the right perspective about walking in the ways of YHWH.  But…

Walk This Way

with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love Ephesians 4:2 Bearing – How do prisoners walk? Paul describes each step. Humility and meekness is the first foot forward, then long-suffering, then bearing with one another. We have probably heard a lot about humility. Perhaps we have even been given instruction…

But How Do I Do That?

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.  Galatians 5:16 By The Spirit – We are at war, not just with a post-modern, godless culture, but with ourselves.  That’s what makes it so difficult.   It’s hard enough to face the fame and fortune monster that…

What’s Happening Here?

And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave-girl, where did you come from and where are you going?”  Genesis 16:8 Where – You will recall the difference between ‘ayyeh and ‘eypoh.  ‘ayyeh (short form ‘ay) is “where” as a statement of surprise, like “Why aren’t you here where I expected you to be?”  ‘eypoh is “where” like…

The Way of the Rabbi (1)

  I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,  Ephesians 4:1 Walk – Paul was a Rabbi.  He thought like a Rabbi.  He taught like a Rabbi.  He wrote like a Rabbi.  He lived his life like a Rabbi. …