Messy Worship Blog
A Villain’s Reprieve
"Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this, I will not do what I promised during his lifetime. It will happen to his sons; I will destroy all his descendants." 1 Kings 21:29 nlt ___ Hollywood does somewhat of a poor job...
Quiz
For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There will always be plenty of flour and oil left in your containers until the time when the LORD sends rain and the crops grow again! 1 Kings 17:14 nlt ___ If I wanted to know what kind of mythical creature I...
My Will Be Done
"This is what the LORD says: 'Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'" So they obeyed the message of the LORD and went home, as the LORD had commanded. 1 Kings 13:28 nlt ___ All my life, I have been...
My Dog
He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. And sure enough, they led his heart away from the LORD. 1 Kings 11:3 nlt ___ While listening to a baseball game on the radio, I heard one of the cleverest commercials that I have heard in a long time. It was...
Sleep Creep Leap
So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God, just as he instructed my father that I should do. For the LORD told him, 'Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.' 1 Kings 5:5 NLT ___ There have...
Master Navigator
Give me an understanding mind so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great nation of yours? 1 Kings 3:9 nlt ___ I remember when I first started becoming more aware of...
Mourning Breaks
As the troops heard of the king's deep grief for his son, the joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness. They crept back into the city as though they were ashamed and had been beaten in battle. 2 Samuel 19:2+3 nlt ___ We were not put on this earth...
Crying Over Spills
All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. That is why God tries to bring us back when we have been separated from him. He does not sweep away the lives of those he cares about - and neither...
Life, Coalesced
Uriah replied, "The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and his officers are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I will never be guilty of acting like that." 2 Samuel...
Differential Diagnosis 3/3: The Cure
"...his name should be Jedidiah - 'beloved of the LORD' - because the LORD loved him." 2 Samuel 12:25b ___ A while back, I heard a very powerful talk given by Pastor Andy Stanley and his wife Sandra on parenting. One of the biggest "A-Ha's" I got from it was in...
