Have you ever been really mad, and words start flowing out of your mouth that just aren’t like you? I have! I’ve thought, “Where did that come from?!?” knowing full well it was a deeper matter than just what was going on at the… Continue Reading “What’s Love NOT to Do (Part 2)–Mouth (and Heart) Matters”
Category: MeaningTags: 1 Corinthians 13, Abundance, Admire, Allow, Approve, Arrogance, Bellows, Boast, Brag, Discern, Excess, Filling, Heart, Ignite, Inflated, Love, Mental, Mouth, Overflow, Praise, Pride, Psychological, Results, Satisfaction, Self, Swell Up, The LORD, True Love, What God Prefers, Words Overflow from Heart
I used to envy teachers. Not only did they get to write on a chalkboard or markerboard, but they got to correct papers (how naive was I?!?)! I’d see corrections in red on a paper or test and think they were beautiful…as long as… Continue Reading “Is it Okay, if I Love My Red Pen?”
Category: KidsTags: Attitude, Better, Conversation, Corrections, Critical Spirit, Criticism, Destructive, Discerning Spirit, Encourage, Gentleness, Goal, Growing, Heart, Humility, Instructive, Jesus Christ, Joined, Love, Mouth, Patience, Pride, Red Pen, Respond, Right, Spirit of God, Standard, Task, Teaching, Treasure, Unity, Value, What We Are Equipped For, Words, Work
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love, does not know God, because God is love.“ 1 John 4:7-8 ESV Have you ever been in a conversation with someone,… Continue Reading “God is Love, but Does He Hate?”
Category: MeaningTags: Arrogance, Assume, Attributes, Deception, Division, Evil, Fruit of the Spirit, God's Character, Harm, Hate, Immoral, Justice, Love, Lying, Morally Right Choices, Perverse Heart, Perverse Mouth, Plot Wicked Schemes, Pride, Prove, Run to Evil, Shed Innocent Blood, Sin, Sow Discord, Spirit of God, Test, Unity, What God Prefers
A verbal jab was thrown and knocked another square in the jaw. The one who threw it wanted to get a laugh from those around you all and certainly achieved it…at the other person’s expense! Then, you looked at the one on the receiving… Continue Reading “Self-Promotion: Turning the Tide”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Ambassador, Ambition, Authority, Be Humble, Boast, Body's Appetite for Physical Needs, Crave, Desires, Fabricated, Getting Ahead, Hate, Lead Others in Thoughts, Lead the Way, Manipulated, Persuade Someone, Pride, Raise Others Higher, Rival, See Others as Superior, Self-Promotion, Selfish Ambition, Upper Hand
Posted on February 16, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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He had just left for a two-week long missions trip to another continent. The weeks leading up to my husband’s departure were excruciating, internally. There was SO much spiritual warfare going on; I could feel it, like a thick, heavy fog settling in. I… Continue Reading “Blessings: You Get and You Give”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: A Wonder, Adoration, Adore God, Agenda, Are Giving, At God's Feet, At Home, Bent Knees in Submission, Bent Knees in Worship, Bless, Bless God, Blessings, Blessings of God, Camp, Control, Controlled Energy, Dan, Decisive, Depend on God, Dependency on God, Don't Make Sense, Don't Seem Fair, Don't Seem Right, Encampment, Eshtaol, Experience, Foreshadowing, Getting, Given, God Showing Himself, God's Spirit, Hebrew, Honor, Honor God, Isn't Clear, Journey, Judgment, King of Kings, Kneel, Lay Down Agenda, Lay Down Control, Lay Down Pride, Leaving Home, Location, Melted, Move, Moved, One True God, Opportunities, Philistines, Place of Trust, Point of Dependency, Power of God, Praise, Praise God, Presence of God, Pride, Purpose, Push, Push in a Specific Direction, Received, Right Timing, Ropes, Rushing Upon, Samson's Dad, Say the Words, Snapped in Two, Spirit of God, Story, Supernatural, Thread, Tied, To My Knees, Tribe, Tribe of Dan, Trust, Urge to Do Something Specific, Vanished, Wage a War, Warnings, Worship, Worship God, Zorah
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
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
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