Lessons from David and Goliath

Scripture Reference: 1st Samuel 17 vs. 38-50 (NKJV)

38 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. 39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook…

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The Importance of Words

Our text in this post is from Jeremiah 15:18-19 (NLT)

Then I said, Lord, you know what is happening to me.
Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors!
Please give me time; don’t let me die young.
It’s for Your sake that I am suffering.
When I discovered your words, I devoured them.
They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name
O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.
I never joined the people in their merry feasts.
I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.
Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable?
Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook, like a spring that has gone dry.

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Two Fishing Boats!

Scripture Reference: Luke 5:1-11

In the above Scripture verses Jesus steps into Simon Peter’s fishing boat and asked Simon Peter if he could push him out a little way so that He would be able to speak to the large crowd of people. Jesus needed a vantage point where the people could hear and see Him well.

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Foundation Choices

In Luke 6: verses 46-49 Jesus is teaching us about a man who built his house upon the Rock and another man who built his house on top of the ground. When the storm came the house with the foundation dug down deep into the ground withstood the storm. The other house collapsed.

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