Multiple songs had the same message: I’m unashamedly serving the King, Who deserves ALL the glory; any glory we get is borrowed, so don’t even worship me or make me an idol; focus your worship on Him! I was checking out a variety of… Continue Reading “What/Whom Do We Value?”
Category: LifeTags: Actions, Agreement, Artist, Attention, Christ, Claim, Credit, Glory, God the Father, Idol, Legitimate, Music, Name, Position, Radiance, Shine, Songs, Source, Value, Words, Worship
Posted on February 5, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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It was 4:45 a.m. when I woke from a dream. I don’t remember what I dreamed, but I do remember vividly how tightly clenched my fists were in the dream…and when I woke up…so much so that my hands hurt. It took a conscious… Continue Reading “Clenched Fist or Open Hand?”
Category: KidsTags: Authority, Closed, Combat, Confessing Sin, Control, Darkness, Do Not Fear, Dream, Enemy, Fighting, Fist, Glory, Hand, Heaviness, Help, Impact, LORD, Open, Pain, Palm, Power, Relax, Right Hand, Sin, Soar, Spirit of God, Storms, Tension, Timing, Weightiness
Posted on February 8, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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The soft whine entered my ears, waking me from a restful sleep. I heard our puppy, letting me know he needed to go out. I looked down at him, and it almost knocked me back! It was positively visible how much taller he had… Continue Reading “Wow! He’s Grown!”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: A Wonder, Accept Jesus as Our Sin Sacrifice, Allow, Amazing, Angel of the LORD, Available, Be Glad in God, Be Magnified, Become Great, Become Strong, Bind, Bound, Boy, Broaden, Celebrate with Praises, Chains, Child, Child of God, Controlled Energy, Conversation, Decisive, Deepen, Deliver Israel, Depend on God, Depend on Self, Depend Solely on God, Depend Solely on God's Mighty Power, Disobedience, Distracting Me, Do What Is Right in God's Eyes, Expose My Sin, Father, Fire, Foreshadowing, Forgiveness, Freeing, Friend, Fruitful Life, Fun, Gadal, Glory, God Always Keeps His Promises, God Kept His Promise, God Removed the Scales from My Eyes, God Speaks with Man, God's Graciousness, God's Name, God's Timing, Godel, Graciously Guide, Great, Great is the LORD, Greatness, Grew, Grew Up, Growing, Growing Pains, Grown, Hebrew, His Magnificence, Increase Knowledge, Intensify, Intensify Who God Is, Intentional, Jesus Christ, Jesus' Names, Judges, Knowledge of God, Lead Me Back to My Purpose, Led to Obedience, Life, Lives, Love God's Salvation, Loving God, Magnify the LORD, Make Bigger, Make God Big, Make Strong, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Melt Off My Chains (Sin), Melted, Mighty God, Mighty Power, Needs Correction, Noun, Offered an Ear, Offered Time, Offered Wisdom from God, Payment for My Sin, People, Philistines, Physical Strength, Power, Powerfully Showed Up, Pride, Promise, Psalm, Puppy, Purpose, Rejoice, Rely on Physical Strength, Remember, Repentance, Repenting, Responsibility, Revealed, Rope, Ropes, Samson, Seek God, Serve, Show God's Power, Showed Up, Situation, Snapped in Two, Spirit of God, Spiritual Growth, Strong Man, Supernatural, Symbol of Strength, Taller, Temptation, The LORD, The LORD Be Magnified, The LORD Drew Near, The LORD Left, Trusted Friend, Twist a Cord, Vanished, Verb, Voice, War of Judgment, Wonderful, Words, Yahweh
For those of you who know us and are jumping to conclusions in your mind,…No, we’re NOT pregnant!! We’re, actually, going to talk about a name given to a particular baby boy and the name’s meaning. Naming a child is always a big deal.… Continue Reading “It’s a Boy!! What’s His Name?!?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, A Wonder, Agitating, Angel of the LORD, Angels, Attributes, Baby Boy, Beaming, Birth, Boy, By the Help of Faith, Celebrate, Celebrate with Family, Celebrate with Friends, Chamber, Child, Christmas Tradition, Coming of Jesus, Community, Completes Necessary Process, Created, Cried, Dedicated to God, Dedication, Defender, Deliver Israel, Deliverer, Deliverer of Israel, Designed, Desires, Destroy, Devoted, Devoted to, Didn't Share Answer, Didn't Work, Directed by God, Don't Delay, Faithful, Favor, Followers, Followers of Jesus, Future, Glorify, Glorify the Father, Glory, God the Father, God's Judgment, God's Power, God's Purpose, Good, Grandchild, Groom, Hebrews, Helper, Honor, Human Body, In His Eyes, Increase Knowledge, Increased Knowledge, Integrity, Intentional, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus' Faithfulness, Jesus' Light, Judge, Judges, Kids, Legacy, Life, Light, Light of Life, Light of the World, Live, Live with Integrity, Lives, Made Strong in Weakness, Magnified, Magnifies, Magnify, Magnify Jesus, Magnify the LORD, Magnitude, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Marriage, Marriage Feast, Matthew, Name, Name Meaning, Names, Naming, Naming a Child, One Judge, Overcame, Parents, Personality, Philippians, Philistine Woman, Philistines, Pleased, Power, Power of Jesus, Prayer, Pregnant, Promise, Promise of a Child, Promised Son, Protector, Psalm, Purpose, Purposeful, Reflected, Riddle, Right for Him, Rises, Run His Course, Salvation, Same Directions, Samson, Save, Service, Sets, Seven Days, Shield, Shine Light, Shine Light in the Darknesss, Shine the Light of Jesus, Son, Son of God, Spent Time Together, Stay Home, Story of Jesus' Birth, Strength, Strength of Jesus, Strengthens, Strong Man, Sun, Temperament, Tent, Wasn't Commanded, Weakness, Weren't Commanded, Wife, Womb, Wonder, Worshiped
Posted on January 30, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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“If you do well, will you not be accepted?…” Genesis 4:7a NKJV Have you ever looked at what you’ve done and felt like you didn’t measure up? Truth is, we all have, ’cause truth is, we all don’t measure up…to God’s standards. Thank the… Continue Reading “What or Whom Do We Fear?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Accept Jesus as Our Sin Sacrifice, Acceptance, Accepted, Afraid, Amazing Faith, Believe a Lie, Bridged the Gap, Burnt Offering, Buy a Lie, Christ, Christ's Sacrifice, Communicate with the LORD, Comparison, Confidence, Confirm, Created, Decision, Die, Don't Measure Up, Drew His Attention To, Emotionally, Excitement, Face to Face with God, Faith, Faith in God, Father, Favored, Fear, Focus, Focused, Forgiven, Forgiveness, From the Heart, Gave Freely, Genesis, Glory, God's Favor, God's Goodness, God's Graciousness, God's Holiness, God's Love, God's Power, God's Presence, God's Standards, Godly Fear, Goodness, Grace, Grain Offering, Have a Relationship with the LORD, Heard, His Ultimate Work, Holiness, Insights, Jesus, Judges, Lie, Life Decisions, Light, Listening, Live, Live in Confidence, Live Out Jesus' Character, Look at Decisions as a Whole, Look at Jesus, LORD, Love, Made Right with God, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Measure Your Worth, Miss, Missed Him, Not Worth Much, Offerings, Others-Focused, Physically, Pleased, Prepares, Pride, Proves Your Worth, Receive the Father's Forgiveness, Reply, Respect, Respected God, Respond, Right, Right Decisions, See Me, See My Face, Separated, Serve God, Served Well, Shared, Show, Show and Tell, Show Thankfulness to God, Showcases God, Shown, Spirit of God, Spiritually, Tell, Thank, Thankfulness to the LORD, Thoughts, Told, Truth, Unforgiveable, Unholy Actions, Value, Vantage Point, Weight, Weren't Commanded, Whole Truth, YHWH, Your Actions
I had no idea what it was. All I saw was brown to my left, felt something powerful hit the driver’s side front of my car, saw a dark shadow right in front of me, and my car came to an immediate stop from… Continue Reading “Wonder–The Additional Offering”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Actions, Addition, Angel of the LORD, Beautiful, Blood Requirement, Bread, Burnt by Fire on the Altar, Burnt Offering, Car Accident, Choose, Christ's Sacrifice, Creation, Death and Resurrection of Jesus, Dedicate, Dedicated to God, Dedicating Oneself to Worshipping the LORD, Dedication, Deer, Designed, Desire, Devoted, Fellowship with God the Father, Fighting, Focus, Foreshadowing, Freely Offered His Blood for Our Sins His Boodl, Glory, God's Care, God's Hand of Protection, God's Purpose, Grain Offering, Gratitude, Hanging On, Hear the Message, Hearing, Heart-Felt Offering, Honor, Judges, Leviticus, Life, Lives, Loves, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Memorial, Memorial Portion, Met Physical Needs, Most Holy Offering, No Blood, Offer a Burnt Offering, Offer a Goat, Offer it to the LORD, Offering, Offerings to the LORD Made by Fire, Oil, Overwhelmed, Peace, Pendulum Shift, Perform the Offerings, Perform the Sacrifices, Priest, Private Conversation, Privately, Publicly, Pure, Purpose, Quiet Fulfillment, Quieting, Relationship, Relationship with the Father, Remember, Remembrance, Reminder, Restful, Shared, Soothing, Soothing Sound, Spa, Sweet Aroma, Thankful, Thankfulness, Thankfulness to the LORD, Thanks, To the LORD, Touched, Wonder
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