Larry Wolf

Journal 04/07/12 - The Consumer Centric World

SCRIPTURE Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have. (2 Corinthians 8:12 NLT) OBSERVATION Why is it so hard to give of our time,…

2 Corinthians 8:12 (NLT)

Journal 03/09/12 - God's Messing with My Head

SCRIPTURE If they then say, ‘Come, let us worship other gods’—gods you have not known before— do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and…

Journal 01/31/12 - Stephen The Waiter

SCRIPTURE But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand. (Acts 7:55 NLT) OBSERVATION Stephen…

Acts 7:55 (NLT)

Journal 01/23/12 - ISRAELITES, PLAGUED BY GOD

SCRIPTURE But this time I will spare the region of Goshen, where my people live. No flies will be found there. Then you will know that I am the LORD and that I am present even in the heart of your land.…

Exodus 8:22 (NLT), Exodus 8:23 (NLT)

Journal 01/01/12 - My Lips Are Sealed

SCRIPTURE And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time." (Luke 1:20 NIV) OBSERVATION…

Journal 12/29/11 - Quality vs Quantity

SCRIPTURE This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down: Blessed…

Journal 12/28/11 - Hell Bent

SCRIPTURE But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and…

Journal 12/22/11 - YEA ME...PRAISE ME

SCRIPTURE For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more that their credit…

Journal 12/12/11 - Spoonful of Sugar, Sans Medicine

SCRIPTURE So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental…

Hebrews 6:1 (NLT)

Journal 12/11/11 - Trust Him Firmly

SCRIPTURE Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God…

Journal 12/09/11 - Great Wealth

SCRIPTURE Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have…

1 Timothy 6:6 (NLT)

Journal 12/08/11 - Conscience...Wait, What?!

SCRIPTURE Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked. (1 Timothy 1:19 NLT)…

Journal 12/05/11 - Worthless Things

SCRIPTURE Give me an eagerness for your laws rather than a love for money! Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. (Psalm 119:36, 37 NLT) OBSERVATION WE are bombarded…

Psalm 119:36 (NLT)

Journal 11/26/11 - A KING OR A SERVANT?!?

SCRIPTURE They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’ “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal…

Matthew 23:7 (NLT), Matthew 23:8 (NLT), Matthew 23:9 (NLT), Matthew 23:10 (NLT), Matthew 23:11 (NLT)

Journal 11/25/11 - LITTLE TO, NO FAITH

SCRIPTURE Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown…

Matthew 21:21 (NLT)