The most interesting thing about scripture, to me, is that even the most seemingly insignificant verse, or verses, fit together into the overall picture and can somehow, in some way, become a key to better understanding everything YHWH put in His word and what His intended message to us is.  I used to read scripture and struggle to put what I was reading into context.  I couldn’t figure out what it all meant and, even more importantly, what it meant to me. I was told I had to

Our topic this week is a sort of follow on to last week’s topic.  Where last week we asked ourselves whose expectations we are making a priority in our lives and trying to live to day-to-day, this week we’re asking who do we turn to for various things that happen to us in our lives.  When we come to challenges, or when we experience hardship, or even when we just have a question about something we’re struggling with or wondering what we should do, who is it that we seek in th

This week, we’re going to ask ourselves an important question: whose expectations are we really living up to?  Or, at least, whose expectations do we hold as our highest priority to follow?  As a part of trying to answer those introspective questions, we’ll look at a couple of examples of people and people groups and what scripture seems to identify as their priority regarding that question.  We’ll also talk about a trap some Christians fall into regarding this subject. The q