READ: Exodus 7-9, Psalm 20, Matthew 20, Acts 20 Spirit-Led Death As people of the Spirit, we love new initiatives. We love when the Spirit breathes new life. We love when the Spirit gives fresh insight. We love when the Spirit begins something refreshingly different and unique. We are comfortable and desirous of Spirit-led life, […]
Region: Arab World
Abiding in Jesus: January 19
READ: Exodus 4-6, Psalm 19, Matthew 19, Acts 19 All In God is not reluctant to kill those He calls. In one of the more puzzling turns of biblical events, God calls Moses to go to Egypt on a rescue mission and then “on the way…the Lord met him and sought to kill him” (Exo. […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 18
READ: Exodus 1-3, Psalm 18, Matthew 18, Acts 18 He Knows Our Sorrows In the non-transferable attributes (omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence), the God of the Bible and the God of the Koran are remarkably similar. Similarities quickly cease when we consider the nature of a God who would come near, a God who would become flesh. […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 17
READ: Genesis 49-50, Psalm 17, Matthew 17, Acts 17 Depressed Devils How very frustrating it must be to be the devil. Whatever the devil means for evil (Gen. 50:20), God has the ability to turn for good. Time after time victory cigars in hell have been blown out by the realization of certain defeat grasped from […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 16
READ: Genesis 46-48, Psalm 16, Matthew 16, Acts 16 The Divine “No” David blesses the Lord who has given him counsel…in the night seasons (Ps. 16:7). God is so faithful to lead us, guide us, and to give us advice even when the decision is not a straightforward one. In Acts 16 the divine “no” was […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 15
READ: Genesis 43-45, Psalm 15, Matthew 15, Acts 15 Honor and Humiliation God sent Joseph unexpectedly into slavery and God elevated him (just as unexpectedly) to the palace. Both the humiliation of the pit and the honor of the palace were ultimately for the saving of lives. God’s humiliations and God’s honors have the same […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 14
READ: Genesis 40-42, Psalm 14, Matthew 14, Acts 14 Universal Folly There are three spirits that plague humanity. These are the spirits of I know, I can, and I will. Somehow man has swallowed the lie that we know better than God does, we can do things in our own strength, and what we want is most […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 13
READ: Genesis 37-39, Psalm 13, Matthew 13, Acts 13 Guilt-Based Theology of Sin “How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” Joseph asks when he is tempted by Potiphar’s wife. David after sinning against Uriah, his own honor and family, and even Bathsheba, makes this startling confession in Psalm 51: “Against thee […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 12
READ: Genesis 34-36, Psalm 12, Matthew 12, Acts 12 Wrong Rightness Who would have thought that Shechem the fornicator would turn out to be the good guy? Simeon and Levi were technically right to be outraged at the dishonor done to Dinah their sister, but they defended the family honor in such a way that made […]
Abiding in Jesus: January 11
READ: Genesis 31-33, Psalm 11, Matthew 11, Acts 11 Not Worthy God is not a genie, summoned to fulfill our wishes. We so quickly fall into spiritual entitlement and forget that we “are not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown” (Gen. 32:10). Entitlement is […]
