Year: 2020

“Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?’” (Luke 17:17) One day Jesus healed ten men of leprosy, which at the time was a death sentence because there was no known cure for it. Amazingly, only one of them remembered to come back and thank Him. What’s the story with the…

“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans … listing every man by name, one by one.” (Numbers 1:2) Before leading Israel into the wilderness, God told them to count every man 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army. And “the total number was 603,550.” A census…

“The Lord spoke to Moses … in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.” (Numbers 1:1) The book of Numbers begins with a reference to the Israelites coming out of Egypt, where they had been slaves for many years…

“… because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.” (1 Corinthians 16:9) One day the Chamber of Commerce in a small town invited a successful businessman to come and speak. The local economy was bad and they were discouraged, so his job was to motivate…

“But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.” (Daniel 1:8) What was Daniel’s problem? What was wrong with eating the best food in the country? Most people lived on a meagre diet. Daniel was going to…

“May the God of peace … equip you with everything good for doing his will …” (Hebrews 13:20-21) When we conclude our worship services, we offer a benediction (word of blessing) and a sending greeting. We do not simply say, “Have a nice week.” We go from our service of worship to our everyday life…

“You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:19) When things get lost at sea, they tend to stay lost. The sea is big and it is deep. The water is full of currents, moving things around. There are great chasms and canyons in the ocean that are pitch black…

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) If the load you’re carrying is too heavy for you to bear, Jesus didn’t give it to you. Others may have, or you may have taken it upon yourself, but Jesus had no part in it. “If…

“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise …” (Hebrews 13:15) There has been a lot of discussion in Hebrews about sacrifice. We have heard clearly that Jesus is the perfect sacrifice for our sin. We no longer have to bring any sacrifices to priests to offer to God. As…