Cruising Route 66 “Definition of Dysfunction” The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. II Samuel 3:1 In I Samuel we see the insecurities and fears of king Saul. Traits that brought a …
Cruising Route 66 “He Who Knows Not” The LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want Me to give you.” … “Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong…” I Kings 3:5&9 Ever think about what …
Cruising Route 66 “Worshiping Idols” They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.” … They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do …
Cruising Route 66 “You gotta ask…” Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me and keep me from …
Cruising Route 66 “Stopping the Revolving Door” The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he …
Cruising Route 66 “Repairing the Erosion” This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build …
Cruising Route 66 “Real Faith in Action” In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before; so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so …
Cruising Route 66 “The Sum of Our Parts” This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his …
Cruising Route 66 “Living In the Squeeze” In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five …
Cruising Route 66 “Paving the Path to Purity” Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant …
