The Still Small Voice

 

Elijah was in a crisis in this passage.  God told him to go to the mountain and he would speak to him.  Elijah waited on the mountain and looked to find God in the wind, in an earthquake and in fire.  But it was in God’s gentle whisper where he found him. 

1 Kings 19:11-13 (TLB) 11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain; it was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, there was the sound of a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his scarf and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “Why are you here, Elijah?

12/25/2022

Updating how you think and Speak

As you allow Christ to cleanse you of selfish and dark ideals, he replaces them with his thoughts and light. You have a new understanding and treat others more kindly. Be aware of your words. Are they gracious and refined?  Update how you speak as you grow in Christ.

Luke 6:45 (NIV) 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

 

12/18/2022

What happens when Midian Dominates

The Midianites represent what happens when you abandon God. Seen and unseen forces attack you and you have no protection. As with these in Israel, you will endure great loss instead of all the beautiful and productive things a relationship with him brings. 

Judges 6:1-10 (MSG) 1-6 Yet again the People of Israel went back to doing evil in God’s sight. God put them under the domination of Midian for seven years. Midian overpowered Israel. Because of Midian, the People of Israel made for themselves hideouts in the mountains—caves and forts. When Israel planted its crops, Midian and Amalek, the easterners, would invade them, camp in their fields, and destroy their crops all the way down to Gaza. They left nothing for them to live on, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey. Bringing their cattle and tents, they came in and took over, like an invasion of locusts. And their camels—past counting! They marched in and devastated the country. The People of Israel, reduced to grinding poverty by Midian, cried out to God for help.7-10 One time when the People of Israel had cried out to God because of Midian, God sent them a prophet with this message: “God, the God of Israel, says, I delivered you from Egypt, I freed you from a life of slavery; I rescued you from Egypt’s brutality and then from every oppressor; I pushed them out of your way and gave you their land. “And I said to you, ‘I am God, your God. Don’t for a minute be afraid of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living.’ But you didn’t listen to me.” 

 

12/11/2022

Being Comfortable in Your own Skin

Being comfortable in your own skin is both a gift from God and something you develop with him. Addiction runs in those who want to feel different and be something they are not. There is great relief when, with God, you relax and live as the person he made you to be.

Matthew 5:5 (MSG) 5 “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.

12/4/2022