Like Bezalel, God chooses us for a task, and is willing to fill us with His Spirit and empower us for that task when we surrender our will to His.

We can't bargain with God. Eternal life and His Holy Spirit are gifts, available to all.

We all need encouragement. It gives us strength and hope when we feel weak and hopeless. Epaphroditus gives us an example of encouragement in his obedience to God's call and the needs of the brethren.

Jesus told us in Luke's gospel to "remember Lot's wife" so we should take heed in the message of her story and stop looking back.

The elder and younger brothers in the Prodigal Son parable are more than just brothers in the same family. They are brothers in character as well, squandering what their father has given them. But only one understands how truly lost he is. Which one do we most resemble in our own attitudes?

In Uriah, we find authenticity and sincerity in honoring God with our actions.

Lydia is a character of strength and courage who responds to the Gospel and immediately ministers to Paul and Silas. This little known character of the Bible becomes one of the foundational supports for the Philippian church!

We can learn much from the relationship between Jethro and Moses. They give an example of the importance of relationships.

Temptation can come in many forms and draw our attention away from Jesus. Temptation has a way of grabbing hold of us. We must learn to run from temptation and not flirt with it like Balaam did.

Hagar's encounter with God reminds us that we are never alone nor too far from God.