Testimony:[1] Well, Here We Are Denny Unzicker had become accustomed to a waist size of thirty inches during his adult life, but one day, within a matter of weeks, he could barely fasten pants with a forty-six inch waist. Something incredibly mysterious and destructive was happening to his body, and Read more…
Let’s paint the picture as we see it so far. God sends His Word to the earth where people, also called plantings, drink the Word of God into their lives in abundance. They make the Word of God their priority through various disciplines like reading, memorization, study, and meditation. They Read more…
Testimony:[1] When Trouble Came Knocking I watched in horror as the glass on our front door shattered. The door handle failed to unlatch. My son’s left arm went right through the glass. Joshua pulled his arm back. His severed artery was spurting blood out through the large wound on the Read more…
We see from the previous chapter the commitment we should make toward the Word of God. But what about God? What commitment has He made concerning His Word? One of the commitments God makes, pointed out in Isaiah 55:11, is in the form of a promise. He promises that His Read more…
Testimony:[1] Receiving God’s Mercy The annoying cough motivated Mirek Hufton to drive by the medical clinic where his wife worked in hopes of obtaining some antibiotics to fight an obvious infection. He would then be on his way to the out-of-town conference he had planned. But before all was said Read more…
There are those idolaters, those who carve out ideologies with no regard to God’s standards (and violate the second commandment) who can do it masterfully. They have a certain manipulative genius as they export their carved images into the culture. They take their place as college professors, political leaders, extremely Read more…
Being a human planting of the Lord filled with the water of God’s Word, however, is only part of the process. The next emphasis includes taking the abundance of God’s Word, which is in our hearts, and declaring it with our mouths. An undeniable connection between heart and mouth exists Read more…
God sent His Word—by speaking it—into the earth. He initiated its delivery to this globe, and He used and is using holy men and women of God to have it delivered[1] through preaching.[2] This preaching, or proclamation and declaration, of His Word falls like precipitation upon the people of this Read more…
The start of verse 11 clearly communicates that an analogy is being announced by beginning with the words, “So shall My Word be…” The obvious question is, “So shall My Word be…like what?” Therefore, we are forced to compare verses 10 and 11 on an analogous level. So shall My Read more…
Though it is not referenced in the context of the second commandment there is one thing we can count on from the wickedness of idolatry. A group of people who have carved out an image (a false ideology or philosophy), and are serving it, will often make demands of others Read more…