Scripture - Don’t rob the poor and sick! For the Lord is their defender. If you injure them, he will punish you. Proverbs 22:22-23 Thoughts about what this scripture means - The Lord is the defender to the poor and the sick. We shouldn't rob or injure them or He will punish us. Application to... Continue Reading →
Defender, Provider, Rescuer
Scripture - The Lord replies, “I will arise and defend the oppressed, the poor, the needy. I will rescue them as they have longed for me to do.” Psalm 12:5 Thoughts about what this scripture means - The Lord promises to defend and rescue the oppressed, the poor, and the needy as they have longed... Continue Reading →
Don’t Make Fun of Them
Scripture - Mocking the poor is mocking the God who made them. He will punish those who rejoice at others’ misfortunes. Proverbs 17:5 Thoughts about what this Scripture means - Don't mock the poor, it is mocking God who made them. God will punish those who make light of other's misfortune. Application to my life... Continue Reading →
Work
Scripture - The fool won’t work and almost starves but feels that it is better to be lazy and barely get by, than to work hard, when in the long run it is all so futile. Ecclesiastes 5:5-6 Thoughts about what this scripture means - Fools don't want to work, they see that in the... Continue Reading →
Scripture - Listen to me, dear brothers: God has chosen poor people to be rich in faith, and the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs, for that is the gift God has promised to all those who love him. James 2:5 Thoughts about what the scripture means - The poor are rich in faith and the... Continue Reading →
Focus and Energy
Scripture - Don’t weary yourself trying to get rich. Why waste your time? For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird! Proverbs 23:4-5 Thoughts about what this Scripture means - Don't focus and use all your energy trying to get rich, money quickly disappears. Application to my life - It's... Continue Reading →
Little and Godly
Scripture - It is better to have little and be godly than to own an evil man’s wealth; Psalm 37:16 Thoughts about what this Scripture means - It is better to be poor and godly than rick and evil. Application to my life - I took that word little and made it poor, which isn't... Continue Reading →
New Normal
Scantily dressed, Top less Pant less, Shoeless. I pictured myself. That would be completely in appropriate if I chose to leave this way in an hour. Yet with parents beside them they walked out the doors. I walk in. Adults dressing and undressing. Children dressing and undressing. No privacy in the open space. No attention... Continue Reading →
Given back
Scripture - For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give—large or small—will be used to measure what is given back to you. Luke 6:38 Thoughts about what... Continue Reading →
How Much it Cost
In praise and worship Sunday night we were singing Tim Hughes' "Here I am to Worship". We sing the song often, but last night was different. The worship team got to the lyrics It was like the song stopped and those were the only words I could hear. They resonated within my soul and took... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 