LIFE LESSON FOR TODAY

I was talking to my friend last  Thursday and she said, " Happy  Palm Sunday!".  I thanked her for the greeting but felt embarrassed  because I had forgotten this holiday.  I asked for the Lord's forgiveness.   I remembered to  place my Easter  wreath on my front door.  I also  made a purple floral arrangement  for my deck railing.  The pastor's  wife usually passes out faux palm leaves at the Palm Sunday morning service.   I am sharing some scriptures that explain why some churches and synagogues all over the world will celebrate Palm Sunday.   LIFE LESSON: THE MULTITUDES HONOR JESUS! LEVITICUS  23:40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the  boughs of leafy trees, and willows of  the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. MATTHEW 21:7-10 7 The...

I love to sit on my porch, read  scriptures, and look at the birds before the heat of the day arrives. The heat of the day can be soothing in the spring and fall.  The intense  heat of the day during the summer  is nourishing for my garden plants.  It is unhealthy for me to be in the  heat of the day when the mercury reads 90 degrees! I have learned  to balance my activities with the heat of the day. The people in the Bible also understood about the heat. The scriptures below  show how it relates their daily lives.    LIFE LESSON: THE HEAT OF THE DAY GENESIS  8:22 As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold  and heat, summer and winter,  day and night will never cease. GENESIS 18:1 The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. GENESIS  31:40 This was my situation: The heat consumed...

I  hear the question, "Can I help you?" several times when I go shopping. It  seems that more sales clerk say it  more often now. The retail market  is very competitive so most stores  are improving their customer service. The Bible uses the word, help, a lot.  Today I'm looking at scriptures that tell us about help from the Biblical perspective.   LIFE LESSON: SEEK THE LORD'S HELP  PSALM 22:19   But You, O Lord , do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!    PSALM 27:9   Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.   MATTHEW 15:25   Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”          LIFE LESSON:    THE LORD WILL HELP YOU! GENESIS 49:25   By the God of your father who will hel...

Things have changed so much. There   are few places in the church that are considered Holy.    I still respect the sanctuary and pulpit at my church. I like knowing that   I am able to keep something sacred  in this wicked world. This week I am sharing some  scriptures from the Bible that  discuss Holy Places.  LIFE LESSON: THE BLOOD IN HOLY PLACES  EXODUS 24:8, And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.” EXODUS 29: 12, 16 12 You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar. 16 And you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar. EXODUS 30:10 And Aaron shall make atonement upon  its horns onc...