In Genesis 4:1-7 is the story of Cain and Abel’s offering. God accepted Abel’s offering and rejected Cain’s offering. The interesting thing about this is that God never explained to Cain why his offering was rejected, He just gave him instructions and a warning about the future. Our natural inclination is to do everything to … Read More
Month: September 2009
Growth through bad circumstances
In Acts chapter 4, it shows Peter and John being arrested the first time after they healed someone because they were preaching publicly. They are told to stop preaching and threatened and everything. Then they go back to their people and pray and it is this big deal, they tell everyone what happened and they … Read More
Are you touching holy ground?
Exodus 3:4-5 4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” 5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Why did God … Read More
Going to the boss
Recently I had a situation at work that was a very difficult and emotional experience. There was a fairly intense altercation I had with a coworker regarding something that I felt I was innocent in. It left me furious, and I was unable to focus for the rest of the day. Thankfully, God gave me … Read More
Confidence in God
In his book Winning With People, John Maxwell makes an interesting point about one of the differences between being secure and insecure. He said that those who are secure tend to expect the best for themselves in situations, whereas those who are insecure tend to expect the worst. In prayer the other day at church, … Read More