Tag: David

Be honest: how many times have you sinned and then tried to cover it up? How often do you refer to your sin as 'messing up' or 'making a mistake'? I'll raise my hand. I am guilty, just like you. But God would have us do things differently. He wants…

When I was a kid, my parents made sure I did not hang out with the bad kids in the neighborhood. They were smart enough to know that bad company leads to bad things. Solomon knew that as well. He warned his own children in the book of Prov. to…

Have you ever met a Christian who was disillusioned with the faith? I have. In fact, I have counseled a ton of them. They typically have either given up on God or are on the verge of doing so. The tragedy is that a person's disillusionment is always a product…

Remember Pete and the walking on water incident? What was the defining factor of that whole episode? Peter's mindset. Jesus didn't change. The water and waves didn't change. Everything remained the same, from start to finish, except Peter's mindset. His mindset was one thing at the start, but then it…

Significant portions of the Psalms are devoted to praising God for who he is and what he has done. All of mankind should praise Jehovah whether they submit to Christ or not. He is owed that much. But for those of us who have surrendered to Jesus, there is joy…

Have you ever sat and just meditated on the first two chapters of Genesis. The account of creation is incredibly profound when you stop and consider its miraculous nature. More importantly, the God who did that makes himself known to any and all who want to know him. I want…

Stubbornness is not always a good thing. Sometimes it's bad, especially when we are stubborn about something that is clearly wrong or foolish. But stubbornness can be a good thing as well. It can be a very good thing when it comes to faith. Sometimes we have to be stubborn…

This past Wed. night we were in Acts 4. At the end of the chapter we talked about the mindset of commonality among the thousands of new believers in Jerusalem. We talked about how they all pitched in and took care of one another, freeing up the Apostles to devote…

In last week's study we looked up Prov. 23:1-8. We zeroed in on the idea that "as he [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he." In other words, the thoughts we entertain drive the decisions we make. As we'll see in today's text, a person's thoughts can be…

I am often asked questions about why God does what he does; or why he allows certain things to happen. Such questions are often couched in the misconception that there is something wrong with God's ways. Maybe he is unjust. Maybe he's just a cosmic killjoy. But you know what?…