Have you ever had a time when you were worshiping the Lord and you just couldn’t leave? I have been to many concerts, especially in my youth, and often the band would leave and you would hear the crowd chant, “One more song!” I have been a part of worship practices where the music ministry... Continue Reading →

In the woe to Jerusalem in Isaiah 29, the problem wasn’t religion, but the state of the heart. People were performing religious duties, but they weren’t worshiping with their hearts. “These people come near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is... Continue Reading →

In Isaiah 7 and 9 we see great prophesies about Jesus hundreds of years before His birth.  The Lord told the people what they should be looking for.  It would be a child, born of a virgin, who would save His people.  Much has been written about these passages Yet nestled in between these 2... Continue Reading →

So often we may be concerned with our ability to share the Gospel of Christ. Will I be given opportunities to share? Will people listen to me (or why should they listen to me)? Will people be offended? These are all questions that might go through our heads. As I am getting into my family... Continue Reading →

As in Ephesians, so we find in Colossians, that Jesus has broken down the walls that separate us, uniting us all in Him. We se in Col. 3:11 that “Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.” “Here there is... Continue Reading →

It is much easier to walk when it is light.  Things become clearer when we are able to see.  If we carry light with us, then we can see as long as we carry the light.  If we put it down and allow ourselves to become distant from it, however, things become dark.    If... Continue Reading →

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been looking at our family Bible.  This Bible was the family Bible of Jacob Farley Mayo, and it was passed on to my great grandfather, to my grandfather, my father, and now it has been passed down to me.   As we looked in the middle of... Continue Reading →

I wonder if Micah saw a form of Sunday Christians in his day, some Saturday Jewish observers.  Not people who had completely abandoned the Lord, but those who came and worshiped Him one day and then acted as if He didn’t exist on the other days.   In Micah 6:7, Micah asks what they should... Continue Reading →

In going through the first four chapters of Micah, the Holy Spirit is clearly in view. We see this starting in Micah 2:7 “Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these the things he does?” “Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these the things he does?”Micah 2:7, CSB Spurgeon points out that... Continue Reading →