Proverbs 15:16-17 Throughout our lives, we are all faced with making choices. At times we all must make some choices which carry a lot more weight than others. We’re talking about choices involving such things as integrity, goodness, honor, truth and righteousness. The devil has a way of forcing us into various situations (often we help him out!) to make us choose between two positions: righteous and honorable or evil and dishonorable. These choices are rarely

Isaiah 45:18-19 What if ... ...water did not dissolve salt or sugar? ...the sky were orange, and leaves and grass were red? ...food had no taste? ...wasps were two feet long? ...there were no moon or stars? ...you could only see six feet in front of you? ...the sun shone for only four hours a day? ...there were no flowers? ....you had to drink four gallons of water per

Luke 12:16-21 Throughout his life, the business of a certain middle class man had been very profitable. He had more than enough money, so he thought to himself: “What shall I do with all the wealth which I have accumulated?” So he set about making plans for his future. He upgraded his house, putting in new heating and cooling systems along with a new roof and windows. He added a new farm-house style kitchen, a rec-room with home movie theater and a

Ephesians 1:3; 3:8 Often when we think of blessings from God, we think of things such as food on the table, job, family, good health, etc. Such things are truly blessings from God, and we need to remember that. But Paul writes of the “unfathomable riches of Christ” and how that “the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ ... has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” These blessings are of a spiritual nature, i.e

1 Corinthians 11:27-32 We just received the notice for the annual “termite inspection” for our house. Several years ago, we had termites (i.e., our house, not us! - no comments, please), and we had to employ a service to get rid of them and then give us an annual check-up in case they return. We all get regular check-ups on many things in life, especially our vehicles and our bodies. Most of us also keep a close eye on our bank accounts to see what c