Tag - Hands

Keep Your Hands And Opinions To Yourself

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Psalm 105:15 Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm. O-bservation: It has always been the will of God that He Himself rule and discipline His chosen spiritual leaders. Throughout Scripture, the Lord tells His followers, “When it comes to judging spiritual leadership among you ... Keep Your Hands And Opinions To Yourself." A-pplication: King David, who makes the statement in this scripture, was himself subject to spiritual leadership. Even though he was the King of Israel, he was yielded to Nathan, the Prophet of his day. If we as "Jesus Followers" take...

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Establish The Work Of Our Hands

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Psalm 90:17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands. O-bservation: Earlier, King David asked the Lord to teach him to number his days. Because, he said, the average man lives to be 70 or 80 years of age. Consequently, he was asking here for what he had done in this life to be remembered. A-pplication: The longer I live the more I'm reminded of the words of the Lord to the original man in scripture, Adam. After he...

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Fire It Up!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Timothy 1:6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. O-bservation: As a young man, Timothy had experienced the Apostle Paul laying his hands upon him so he could be endowed with a spiritual gift. Paul now said it was time to fan that gift into a burning flame of power. A-pplication: Whether or not a spiritual leader ever laid their hands on you so you could receive a spiritual gift, you are indeed gifted by God. Some...

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The Hands Of Men

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Luke 9:44 “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” O-bservation: This is the second time in the same chapter that Jesus predicted His soon-coming death. He had fed the five thousand, heard Peter proclaim He was the Son of God, had taken Peter, James, and John onto the Mount of Transfiguration with Him, and cast-out demons from a boy, and then He said it for a second time, “I’m about to be delivered into The Hands Of...

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Love Your Leader

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Exodus 17:12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. O-bservation: This is the story of the Children of Israel waging their first battle against the Amalekites after they came out of Egypt. Moses had told Joshua to choose men from Israel and fight them. He said he would stand at the top of the hill with God’s staff in his hands....

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