They Wanted to Trap Him “They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him.” Luke 11:54 (NLT) The Pharisees tried to entangle Jesus with their questions, hoping to find a flaw in His words to accuse Him. Yet they never succeeded, because He always answered with wisdom, prudence, and truth….
I Don’t Want to Be a Donkey “Then the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.” Numbers 22:23 (NLT) Balaam was so focused on…
Speak or Strike “So Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.” Numbers 20:11 (NLT) Moses had a clear instruction from God: to speak to the rock. However, in a moment of anger and exhaustion, he ended…
Alive and Dead “He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.” Numbers 16:48 (NLT) In the desert, Aaron stood between the living and the dead to stop the plague that was destroying the people. That priestly act carries a powerful message for us today. We live in a world divided between…
Foolishness Delays Me and Others “So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again.” Numbers 12:15 (NKJV) The story of Miriam, the sister of Moses, shows us a powerful truth: rebellion and sin not only affect the one who commits them, but…
Heart and Money “But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?’” Acts 5:3 (NKJV) The episode of Ananias and Sapphira shows us how money can reveal the true condition of the heart. It was not…
Forward “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’” Numbers 8:2 (NKJV) When God instructed Aaron on how to set the lamps, it was not a random detail. The orientation of the light had a purpose: it had to shine…
Peter and John Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. Acts 3:1 (NKJV) Peter and John had walked with Jesus, witnessed His miracles, and received the Holy Spirit. Now, after the resurrection, we see them together going to the temple. This detail is not…
I Am Responsible to Remain on Guard But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony. Numbers 1:53 (NKJV) The Lord assigned the Levites the task of…
Why Obey? If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Leviticus 26:3-4 (NKJV) When God asks us to obey, He does not do it out…