Author Archives: Pete

No Delight in Going Through the Motions

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Pete

I’m chewing on a few verses in Amos this morning. Don’t recall having ever put fingers-to-keyboard concerning something in Amos’s prophecy before so I went and did a search in my e-journal. One entry back in December 2010. So it’s … Continue reading →

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You Will See Me

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Pete

The next few hours would be brutal. Tomorrow they would witness what none of them could have imagined witnessing. The next couple of days would be filled with confusion, despondency, and the deepest of sorrows. So, on the night He … Continue reading →

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Better Than Butter

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Pete

How Job longed for the good ol’ days. The days of prosperity. The days of health. The days when family surrounded him. The days when widely held respect went before him. The days, Job says, “when God watched over me” … Continue reading →

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They Forgot Me

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Pete

Wrapping up Hosea this morning. I never cease to be amazed by this love story gone south. A man who, under God’s direction, takes “a wife of whoredom” know he will have “children of whoredom”. And this in order to … Continue reading →

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The Call Not To Tolerate It

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Pete

I’m at the midpoint of the seven letters written to the seven churches in Revelation, the letter written to the angel of the church at Thyatira. And, if anything is clear up to this point, it is that Jesus knows. … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Great Questions

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Pete

I like to think that they were sincere. But, honestly, they were sincerely bad. They each came from their own place to be with Job in order to be his comforter. But instead of bringing solace, they only added to … Continue reading →

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To Love Him Is To Know Him

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Pete

To know me is to love me. I’m thinking most folks have at least heard the cliché. Guessing also that many of us have used it. Either as a plea, or as a pardon. A plea for others to spend … Continue reading →

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The Bottom Line Thing

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Pete

The time is near. That’s what grabs me this morning. That’s what sticks. Although John wrote it down, it is “the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His servants” (Rev. 1:1). And what He had … Continue reading →

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The Command and The Promise

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Pete

He understood the prophetic word he heard. He got the vision that was revealed. That’s what it says of Daniel, in the opening verse of Daniel 10, about the revelation he received in the third year of Cyrus king of … Continue reading →

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Stepping Into the Father’s World

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Pete

The hour of His exodus was upon Him. The countdown had begun. He who had, so far, kept a relatively low profile during the lead up to Passover was soon to become the center of attention. In but a few … Continue reading →

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