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So, yesterday I proverbially scratched my balding pate in wonder about the quickly traveling "spy news" from the house of prostitution to the palace, and was given a quick response from my lovely wife, of why that news was lightening quick. As I thought further on that story my mind wondered, "Why a brothel? Why didn't they go to a regular hotel or some more 'family-like' place?" Didn't they know that they were on a holy mission? As I showered, and meditated on the question, there came a Holy Spirit whisper. Have you ever had those? I know that you have. You know that they are from the Holy Spirit because they are so revelatory. In a good way of course. "Those spies HAD to go to Rahab's Place!" I almost cried as I thought about the ramifications of that visit some 3,000 years ago. They didn't know it of course, but if those two spies hadn't stayed at that house of ill repute, the universe would have imploded! Rahab and fam...

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. Joshua 2:1 Two spies, sent by the new leader Joshua, tool into Jerico for a friendly visit and find themselves at Rahab's Comfort Inn. How cozy. Soon afterward, that very night in fact, word reaches the king that there are two Jewish spies at Rahab's place. What? Who told him? How did they know that they were spies? How did the word travel so fast? I scratched my balding head trying to figure out the puzzling answers. After my reading of this passage in Joshua this morning I quipped the above questions to my lovely wife, who was on the opposite sofa in our living room, reading her Bible. Without batting an eye she says, "Well of course the news reached the king really fast. Don't you think that because the people were scared spitless that they saw these two lugs enter t...

Have you ever envied anyone? Have you ever NOT envied anyone? Envy seems too easy. I see a nose I like. I hear a lovely voice. I note a muscle or two. I see a house or car, and I envy. Envy is a wicked little thing. It grips our heart and makes us gripe. Maybe yours is a righteous envy. You see a prayer life. You note an evangelistic zeal. You view an oratorical presence that makes you quiver with envy. Does righteous envy exist? Paul say simply, in Romans 12:6b, ... according to the grace given to us .... He is talking about gifts and how that they are measured out by the Holy Spirit. There is a different measure for each one of us. It is the second time that he has mentioned a “measure” in this chapter. The first was when he said, ... according as God has given to every man the measure of faith. Both Faith and grace are measured out by the Spirit. Our gifts are a result of a Holy capacity. We know some of the spiritual gifts because they are listed in this chapter. We ...

Be Sober Be sober. Don't be an idiot! Essentially, that is what Paul says in Romans 12:3. “You know the doctrine. You know about God's salvation. You know what He has done and is doing for you. That, however, does not give you the right to be an idiot!" Just yesterday I was a bit of an idiot. How one can be a, “bit of an idiot” is anyone’s guess. However, I was. At choir practice I noticed Herbert outside the church door. It was dark but I noticed that he was talking with an older gentleman. I figured that he was probably sharing his faith with the man so I let the conversation go for a while. Not wanting to butt into the Holy Spirit’s work. After a few minutes I thought, “I need to go and introduce myself.” So, I did. I met a man whose breath would have pickled your olfactory nerve! I mean this guy was: stoned, tipsys, bashed, crocked, to name a few. And Brother did he have a spiritual salad between his ears! It was amazing what this guy knew about Go...

  And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod .Exodus 4:2 I'm a "walking-stick" kind of guy. I've always like to grab a stick when going for a walk in the woods and weeds. I have several right now on my back porch. The one that I cut just two days ago is green bamboo! Cool. In Moses’ writings we read about Aaron's rod, God's rod and Moses' rod. All were used in Power move situations. Have you noticed? On Moses’ first encounter with Jehovah God the question is asked, "What is that in your hand" and the response is, "A rod." However, when tossed to the ground that "rod" became a wicked looking snake. How do I know that it was wicked looking? Because an aged shepherd who had been working the "back-side" of the desert for forty years ran like a scared school boy when he saw it! The rod became leverage in the conversation with pharaoh. Don't you just know that Moses was chomping at th...