Posts from 2026 (Page 2)
From time to time it’s necessary, as Christ-followers, to step back and take stock of things and evaluate the direction of our lives. Sometimes we have to make course-corrections. If our heading is off just a degree or two, it can make a big difference over time of where we end up. Leonard Ravenhill is a famous revival preacher who is now with the Lord. He offered…
You probably know by heart the line in Isaac Watts’ hymn, “Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the death of Christ my God.” This prayer was no doubt inspired by the Apostle Paul’s words in Galatians 6:14. “May it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Have you ever wondered how the cross—that awful instrument of death—could…
How might we see Christ in the book of Ezra? Ezra was a priest, a direct descendant of Aaron the high priest. Ezra 7:1-6 The Lord Jesus, of course, is our Great High Priest. Hebrews 4:14 Let’s consider these two priests. In Ezra 9 and 10 we see a greatly distraught Ezra pouring out his soul in prayer for a people who have sinned egregiously—yet again!…
Most of us are acquainted with opposition. We know all too well what it’s like to have people against us or resisting what we’re doing. Opposition is a prominent theme in the book of Ezra. God moved heaven and earth to get His people back to Judah so they could rebuild the temple. But opposition arose. Fierce opposition. Again and again. Over and over. Perhaps you’ve…
The second plague God sent on Egypt (since they wouldn’t let His people go) was frogs. Frogs in the beds, frogs in the ovens, frogs in the kneading bowls, frogs everywhere! It was disgusting and miserable. So Pharaoh called for Moses and said, “Entreat the LORD that He remove the frogs from me and from my people. I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice…
Because of the similarities, this return of God’s people from Babylon has often been called the second Exodus. The second release. Nine hundred years after He released His people from Egypt, God felt the same way toward the exiles in Babylon: God heard their groaning, andGod remembered His covenantswith Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,…