Create Margins To Bless Others
on May 7th, 2021
"When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 19:9-11 The instructions above might seem rather strange to us but God was simply asking the Israelites to make p... Read More
Praising God On Empty
on May 7th, 2021
"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.The Sovereign LORD is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to tread on the heights."Habakkuk 3:17-19 T... Read More
A Human Agent For A Divine Assignment
on May 6th, 2021
Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel."He answered, "No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people."But Moses said, "Please do not leave us. You know where we should c... Read More
Be Compassionate To The Foreigner
on May 5th, 2021
"When a foreigner resides among you in the land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 19:33-34 Every regulation the LORD gave the Israelites to observe in the Promised Land was geared toward bringing them peace, prosperity, and blessing. This was the ca... Read More
You Have A Role To Play
on May 4th, 2021
The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: "Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or mo... Read More
Respect The Elderly
on May 3rd, 2021
Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:32 God has a special compassion for the helpless and vulnerable. This includes the aged. The elderly, are oftentimes sidelined, ridiculed, rejected and even preyed upon in society. It is almost as if people lose their value as human beings once they grow old. We see news reports of ... Read More