Living While Dying

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 15-17   Key Thought: I love sermon illustrations like this one. It reminds us that God is always in control and He is directing our lives to make an eternal difference. During this Corona Virus scare, we must be looking for ways that God can use us for eternal good.…

It is Time to Move

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 1-2 Saturday: Deuteronomy 3-5 Sunday: Deuteronomy 6-8   Key Thought: The greatest lesson of Deuteronomy 1 is that it was time for Israel to move. They had “dwelt long enough on this mountain.” (vs. 6) God never intended for us to plateau or settle in our Christian lives. He desires…

Decision Time

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 34-36   Key Thought: With these final words the Lord closed the Book of Numbers, although He would continue the law with a final book, Deuteronomy. Israel now stood at the precipice of their calling as they overlooked the land before them. For a generation the Lord had guided them…

Distinctly Different

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 32-33   Key Thought: God clearly commanded the Israelites to drive out the depraved Canaanites with their cultic practices and sensual rituals. The Canaanites were a threat to the pure worship that God has commanded for those who worship Him. The Lord predicted what would happen if they failed to…

Being Careful or Obedient?

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 30-31   Key Thought: There is an illustration about a Wycliffe missionary who tells about an encounter with a five-year-old neighbor boy. While she was washing breakfast dishes, she saw Jimmy heading straight toward the back porch. She had just finished painting the back-porch handrails and was proud of her…

Equipped and Chosen

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 27-29   Key Thought: Joshua came from a long line of leadership. No doubt he had heard many stories about God’s deliverance throughout the history of Israel. Now he was to succeed the greatest leader Israel had ever known. And, as human nature goes, some might wonder whether he was…