(photo credit: wazoo75) . When people begin to talk about their relationship with the Lord, and their time in the Word and in prayer with excitement and passion, do you find yourself eagerly nodding in understanding and agreement?  . Or…do you cross your arms and roll your eyes, assuming it must be forced, and phony. After all, no one is …
Mark 9:42-50
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to …
Isaiah 45:18-19
For thus says the Lord,who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring …
Ezra’s Example
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.†Ezra 7:10 . Ezra set his heart – he made a decision, firmly, and intentionally purposed in his heart – to study God’s Word.  . To study is “to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge …
1 Chronicles 16:8-12
“Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him; sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! Remember the wondrous works that …