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“Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.” -1 Chronicles 15:12, 13 Have you ever had to follow directions? We have to follow directions all of the time in order to…

“The laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon. All the builders had a sword belted to their side.” -Nehemiah 4:17&18 Sometimes life requires that we do two things at the same time. Nehemiah was burdened for the city of Jerusalem, and he wanted to rebuild…

“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins.” Mark 2:22 If you’ve ever been running, you’ll know that the body takes an extraordinary amount of energy and…

“You prepare a table before Me in the presence of My enemies. You anoint My head with oil; My cup overflows.” -Psalm 23:5 The word “cup” is mentioned many times in the Bible, mainly as a reference to drinking and eating, but it is also spiritually significant. A cup implied what filled your heart, or…

“Then the LORD said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march…

“Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.” -1 Chronicles 21:1 In the Old Testament, David instructed Joab, the commander of the army, to take a census. This wouldn’t normally have been a noteworthy event, except for the fact that David suffered enormous consequences by taking…

“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” -Isaiah 43:19 Has God recently done something new in your life? Often when we’re going through the drudgery of life in…

“What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.” -Luke 11:52 Jesus was very popular among the religious leaders of his day. However, it was not a positive popularity. The Pharisees, because their power…

“Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?” -1 Corinthians 5:6 Have you ever gotten involved in something only to realize a lot of it was hype? Marketing, promotion, and a large number of people believing in something,…

“But Jacob said, ‘Swear to me first.’ So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.” -Genesis 25:33-34 What is a birthright? According to WordNet online dictionary,…