This is a picture of King Solomon's temple, the place where God's very presence dwelt. It's hard to believe that someday there will be a holy place far beyond this glory, and any ever built on earth. Revelation 21 describes it: "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and I saw the holy … Continue reading As Stone Prepared : How God pulls broken dirty things from the earth and makes them beautiful
Author: Kim Blenkhorn
The First Betrayal
Long before a cross, or the sound of a rooster crowing. Disloyalty entered the world. It was not in a dark and shallow place, but a beautiful garden where death began its first plea. Betrayal was defined in this moment. God entrusted everything to his children; the whole earth was within their power and dominion. … Continue reading The First Betrayal
The New Sanctuary: placing our hope in God alone.
Psalm 74 “O God, why hast thou rejected us forever; why does Thy anger smoke against us. The enemy has damaged everything within Thy Sanctuary…” The psalmist has lost something he dearly loves. I can’t help but wonder was Asaph the Psalmist, a servant in the temple, was this his livelihood, the priests had no … Continue reading The New Sanctuary: placing our hope in God alone.
The Proper Response
Moses and Zipporah are traveling to Egypt. An angel of the Lord suddenly appears seeking to kill Moses. Moses? Moses was the Lord’s anointed, chosen, the beautiful child – set apart for God’s purposes and not just a purpose but he was chosen to lead one of the biggest events in biblical history, and God … Continue reading The Proper Response
Not my people
Hosea was instructed by God to marry a prostitute. They had one child together. She was a harlot, had an affair and got pregnant. This second child did not belong to Hosea, it was not his seed. God said to Hosea, “name this child, not my people.” Like Gomer, Israel was producing children that did … Continue reading Not my people
I know what it’s like
I know what it's like to feel like you have no purpose, like you don't count in the world. I know what's its like to feel like you make no contribution big enough to be truly missed, if something were to happen to you. I know what its like to feel bored with life, to … Continue reading I know what it’s like
un-confronted
David was anointed King long before he became King. David refused to act presumptuously. On several occasions he could have killed Saul , but he forbids that he should lay even a hand on "the Lord’s anointed". What was it that distinguished David from Adonijah? David was one who wouldn’t even take what was his, … Continue reading un-confronted
ADONIJAH
We can always discern what's in our own heart, by the fruit that comes out of our mouths. All that Adonijah did proved that his heart was filled with pride, lust and rebellion. His heart was not submitted to God.
With the Mourning
God asks his servants to do hard things, to live difficult lives, sometimes experience pain and heartache, he asks us to swim through affliction. We all know this as Christians. He uses these things to change us, like a carving knife changes a sculpture. But what we sometimes forget is that God often brings us … Continue reading With the Mourning
My Faith Place 