Category Archives: Focus

Putting our Attention on His Greatness

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Mark Shields

In the study of Genesis 16 and writing about it yesterday in the post Trust in His Perfect Timing, the lesson for me is that we should be careful not to force the issue. We should put our attention on … Continue reading →

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Trust in His Perfect Timing

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Mark Shields

Image Source Reading now in Genesis 16, Abraham and his wife Sarah were both getting up in age and they felt like their child bearing years had passed so to build a family, Sarah told Abraham to sleep with her … Continue reading →

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Glorify God

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Mark Shields

I’m currently reading and studying in Genesis 11 about the Tower of Babel. It’s about the world rejecting God and believing they have all the answers. Even today when history has proven the strategy of secularism a failure, after all … Continue reading →

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Are We Building Our Own Towers of Babel Today?

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Mark Shields

Instead of relying on God, the world began to rely on themselves as with the account in Genesis 11. The world began to populate, there was only one language, and there was not much strive. Things were going so well … Continue reading →

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Bringing Order to Life

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Mark Shields

God put Adam and Eve in charge of the Garden; to take care of it and the animals that lived there. Approach each day’s manual and mental task with this in mind; that we are to be good stewards of … Continue reading →

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