Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.  It can be very easy to look down on those in prison, who are homeless or on big-name people who fall morally in a very…

Ezekiel 34:16  I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. The kingdom of God is soooo backwards from the rest of the world.  When we choose…

Psalm 23 (23:1-2) The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures,he leads me beside quiet waters,  Do you really trust God?  The psalmist declares that he lacks nothing and that the shepherd is offering us rest and time to recover from the hecticness of life.  Yet we often struggle with our…

Matthew 6:33  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. It has been said that you can tell a person’s priorities by looking at their checkbook and their calendar.  Today if a crew of experts were to take time to analyze these sources in…