What the Ads Say, and What They Really Mean. Helping you figure out those slick and glossy sales pitches from Head-Hunters and recruiters. Here are what they actually mean. <!–more–><dl><dt> “JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY” <dd> We have no time to train you; you’ll have to introduce yourself to your co-workers. <dt> “IMMEDIATE OPENING” <dd> The… Continue reading Corporate Talk
Month: April 2009
A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD
“God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present Help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Now for something a little different. A devotional message that has already been written, and in the form of a song. Read the verse, actually read the entire Psalm 46, it isn’t very long. Then let the words of Martin Luther… Continue reading A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD
The Agony of Defeat
Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. This entire Psalm is so eerily like the crucifixion, and the things that Jesus must have thought and felt. The emotional drama, and trauma, can be felt and understood… Continue reading The Agony of Defeat
Prophecy Fulfilled
Luke 23:33 And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. Such terible things as a public death took place outside the city. In this case the place was Calvary (Latin), or Golgotha (Hebrew), or Cranium… Continue reading Prophecy Fulfilled
Out of Control
Luke 23:27 And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him. –NKJ Jesus was on his last walk. The one that led him to die. A great multitude of people were there to follow and watch the spectacle. One group set themselves apart. Certainwomen of Jerusalem.… Continue reading Out of Control
Dry Wood
Luke 23:31 23:28-31 23:31. “For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?” Background: Jesus is being led away with Simon of Cyrene to help bear the cross. Women of Jerusalem are weeping over him. Jesus turns to them to tell them not to weep for him,… Continue reading Dry Wood
How Long?
Psalm 4:2 How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah –NKJ People can say things where the words bite like a sharp weapon. People do things to each other, claiming to be for a greater good, but that good… Continue reading How Long?
Disgrace Taken Away
Hebrews 13:13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. –NKJ Let us go forth to him, outside the camp… Jesus was crucified outside the city. The word “camp” means the structured rank and file that take place when troops in the field pitch tents and have them lined… Continue reading Disgrace Taken Away
Cross to Bear
Luke 23:26 Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. –NKJ Who in the world is Simon of Cyrene? Though we may not exactly know today, he… Continue reading Cross to Bear
Sins Covered
2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. There is a person who is known to be sinless. It was Jesus. Just by having that distinction, he holds a place that is over us. We are the… Continue reading Sins Covered