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My Comments On The Brazen Laver: Exodus 38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. I find it interesting to note that the looking glasses of the women were made of of brass. It was this material that was made into the brass lavers, that the priests were to wash in daily. Brass is always symbolic of judgement in the Word of God, especially in relation to the tabernacle furniture and furnishings. I believe this signifies that as we look into the Word of God - as James teaches - and see ourself revealed or reflected therein, we are to then judge the sin in our lives and allow the water of the Word to clean us up. James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and ...

Is There A New Song In Your Heart? Was just reading this passage this morning: 2 Chronicles 29:27-28 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. A looong time ago (in 2004), I wrote a devotional on this passage (which I encourage you to take the time to read): The Song Of The Altar In the years since then I have come to see the opposite of this principle become a reality in the lives of many Christians - they have stopped dying to themselves daily, stopped being living sacrifices to the Lord because they got comfortable in their compromise and lack of separation (from sin, from the world, from worldy or ungodly “christians” or teachers) - and they have lost that song in thei...

Exercising Thyself Unto Godliness How is your exercise routine? Primarily, I am not referring to physical exercise, though, of course, it does have its time and place in our lives. Too often society places unreasonable or unfair expectations on us. While we may feel better about ourselves when we are in better shape, feeling like we can never achieve our weight loss goals or please others with the way we look physically can take an ongoing toll. Plus, we must not expect to be able to maintain or achieve the condition we had in our twenties with our actual condition in middle age or even later years. Our bodies do age and don’t work the same way they once did when we were younger - including our metabolisms. Many of us also have developed health issues as the years went on - whether from aging, or perhaps even as the result of accidents or of things that have happened to us throughout the years. Whatever your physical condition, your spiritual condition is so much more important in the ...

No Man Cared For My Soul Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. This is one of the saddest verses in all of Scripture. There was a point in David's life that he felt no man cared for him. He was left all alone in this world, left all alone to fend for himself. More striking than the fact that no one cared for him, was the fact that no one cared for his soul; no one cared for him spiritually, no one cared where he stood before God, where he was in his walk with the Lord. No man cared for his soul. Our study today starts in John chapter five. It is the story of the impotent man. Again we come across the phrase, " no man ." In this case, there was no man to help this powerless man to find the healing he so desperately needed, but had given up all hope of receiving. John 5:1-9 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by th...

The Fire On The Altar Susannah Wesley, mother of John and Charles Wesley, once said, "Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or removes your desire for spiritual things - that is sin to you." Leviticus 6:12-13 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. According to the New Testament, true believers in Jesus Christ are referred to as priests. (See 1 Peter 2:9) As such we need to always keep the fire of devotion to the Lord burning on the altar of their hearts and not become lukewarm or cold. Revelation 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will s...

Render Unto God Matthew 22:15-22 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle Him in His talk. And they sent out unto Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that Thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest Thou for any man: for Thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest Thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye Me, ye hypocrites? Shew Me the tribute money. And they brought unto Him a penny. And He saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto Him, Caesar's. Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. The word image is Strong's #1504 and has this definition: from 1503; a likeness, i.e. (literally) statue, profile,...

Provoke Not Your Children My Testimony Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Colossians 3:21 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 I learned something today that hit me hard. I learned what it meant when we don't apply Scriptural principles to our lives. I learned something about myself and why I have certain reactions to goals and obstacles in my life. I have heard my Pastor preach on Ephesians 6:4 before. I have heard him explain that parents provoked their children to anger when they were inconsistent when raising them, inconsistent when disciplining them. My home life growing up was like this: My parents were divorced when I was two years old, and my mom basically raised us herself. Along the way, she had some boyfriends who were rough on us. She married again in 1984. My step-dad did not know how to deal with children, and with him being an only child rais...