Posts by Brandon Starnes
The Burnt Offering – Consecration (Lev. 1.1-17)
The burnt offering is a picture of total consecration. The fact that the offering was burned, meaning fully consumed, teaches us that it represents dedication to God. Will we be entirely dedicated to God? Will we surrender our wills to Him? We won’t understand His specific will in detail until we first submit to His…
Read MoreHedgemaker Baptist – The Offerings of Sacrifice – Intro
The first five books of the Old Testament are in order. The Pentateuch, as they are called, consists of the writings of Moses. Genesis is the book of beginnings; it records the fall of man. Exodus is the book of deliverance from Egypt and describes the redemption of man. Leviticus focuses on holiness and reminds…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Preparing in Summer (Nov. 2024)
Do you enjoy the cooler temperatures and beautiful colors that come with the fall season? Not surprisingly, Proverbs, the book of wisdom, shares much insight regarding the changing seasons of earth. One very well-known passage is Proverbs 6:6: “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer,…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Learning to Lean (Oct. 2024)
“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – The Stretched-Out Arm (Sept. 2024)
What can I do when I am so discouraged by the arm of flesh? When a friend has failed me? When a hoped-for desire remains unfulfilled? When my body breaks down? What blessed peace and relief I find in this picture of hope the Bible offers… the stretched-out arm. Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – The Faulty Flesh (August 2024)
“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – The Arm of the Flesh Has Failed Me! (July 2024)
The arm of flesh has failed me- again! How devastating! How disappointing and destabilizing!The flesh fails us in so many ways… *We fail ourselves, by our own sinful, human nature. *Our friends fail us. *Our spouse fails us. *Our church disappoints us. *Our bodies betray us. *The caprice of circumstance leaves us hanging. *The human…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Do You Think? (June 2024)
Do you think?! These verses about the strange woman in Proverbs 5 caught my attention this month: “Her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – The Heart in Proverbs (May 2024)
The Proverbs have eighty-two references to the heart! This number is eclipsed by only one other book in the Bible. Our heart is the part of us that God sees and knows us to be. So much instruction is offered concerning the heart of man, it’s clearly a priority for a well-lived life.Look at Mark 7.…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – I Am Inclined (April 2024)
Proverbs 2 opens with the following verses: “My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom… then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.”This is a message from the king advising his son to attend and bend himself in…
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