A moneylender loaned money to two people. The first needed $1000. Maybe it was for a house payment. A month of groceries. Necessities for life. The second needed $50. Maybe he needed some new shoes or jeans. Maybe to help with a few groceries. A few dollars to help him get by until the next paycheck. As the weeks passed, both of these individuals fell deeper into a financial hole. When it came time to collect the debt, the moneylender began…
Rahab. The prostitute, with her red cord and brazen lies are the subject of books, commentaries, and articles. Rahab. A woman who started out with a questionable past and then finds herself in the linage of Christ. Rahab leads our study on faith for the month of November. Rahab’s story is found in the first few chapters of Joshua. We find Rahab living in the land of Canaan. God had promised this land to His people. It was time to conquer it….
Seven Lessons I’ve Learned This Year From January to March our lives were busy with preparing to travel to China. Finishing up adoption paperwork, packing, and home schooling. March to May is a little blurry. Cocooning. That’s pretty much it. March was the month of transition. A month of transformation. A month of shifting. A shift in our world, a shirt in our hearts. June through September brought us out of the “China fog” and into a summer of relaxing, fun, and…
{Whisper} Elijah, prophet and speaker for God, had just come from the mountain top – literally and figuratively. He had defeated the prophets of Baal in a dramatic display of fire and power on the Mount of Carmel. A declaration of God and His true power was on display for all of Israel to see. In the next chapter we find our prophet, not on the moutnian top reveling in the victory, but in the valley. Under a tree. Depressed…