What is the sequence of Grace, Faith and Works? While it might seem as non-important but getting this in the right sequence can have a drastic change in results.

Poor decisions used to come with consequences. So, what happened? First, we see the lines drawn for right and wrong have moved and then consequences for the wrong also moved. Let's remind ourselves that God has established right and wrong, along with consequences for each.

God established institutions to serve specific needs. What is the purpose or what are the needs that the family meet? There are some very specific points that God's word brings out, considering this vital component of society. Let's consider - God's use of the home.

Institutes are in place to carry out particular tasks in most instances. While the Bible does not have a great deal to say about Government, there are a lot of lessons through time-related to such. But there are some specific words related to the task the Government is to achieve. And it might surprise you what it is. Let's consider.....

God's thoughts are greater than man's thoughts, just as the heavens are higher than the earth. So, just how far "off" can man's thinking be? We consider more lessons from the Old Law during the time of Samuel as the people of God lost sight of truth and how far they deceived themselves is a lesson worth remembering

Can we be bught. It seems that through the years man has managed to sell-out at some level. Achan brought about trouble for all of Israel for what seems to be a not-so-bad decision. It cost him, his family, his posessions and even more - a costly mistake.

We really don't like it when things don't go the way we want - almost childlike as we have discussed. We have great examples of faith where belivers followed God to the greatest degree - but then some others that had some other ideas. Peter went back to fishing - or so it seems even if briefly, but then something interesting happened.... let's consider our plans vs God's.

So what happens when we decide God could use a second opinion, a different perspective or a helping hand? Abram and Sarai seemed to give this some consideration when things didn't go as planned.

There are some things about how a child can think and act that we miss at times. Maturity can be painful for some - some more than others. We are warned about some of these childish ways in our dealings with one another and how we approach our Maker. We consider the challenge of being an adult while retaining child-like qualities.