From the Shepherd's Heart

«“Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel.” Genesis 49:5,7 (KJV)» JACOB’S UNUSUAL CURSE There is a profound difference between condemning a person and condemning the force that controls a person.…

SCRIPTURE “And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab… but David tarried still at Jerusalem.”2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV)» THE DANGER OF MISPLACED SEASONS David’s downfall did not begin with Bathsheba; it began when he stayed…

“For what knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?”1 Corinthians 2:11 (KJV) THE MYSTERY OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE Many people spend their lives trying to conquer the world while remaining strangers to themselves. They understand the expectations of society but not the wounds hidden…

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) THE WEIGHT OF AN UNRELEASED STONE There is a mystery hidden in human life: wounds often continue hurting not because the knife remains, but because the soul keeps…