Pastor Lester Bentley

Tag: God

  • Right On Target

    Right On Target

    The Prophet Amos, painted a vivid word picture, the circles of a target, Amos then paints a bullseye placing God’s church of the Old Testament at the heart of this prophetic target. Starting with Damascus, Amos paints seven rings of judgment then painted Israel as the bullseye. For each nation it says, “For three transgressions…

  • Upraised Hands

    Upraised Hands

    In Egypt, Moses was trained in the finest military and religious schools. He became a brilliant military leader, destined the next Pharaoh.  While leading Israel toward the promised land, Moses never led them into battle. In the fight against the Amalekites, Moses uses the universal sign for giving up, upraised hands. He realized it was…

  • Whose Side Are You On

    Reading Joshua 5:13-15. Joshua asks “whose side are you for?” God answers “I’m not on anyone’s side.” In Matthew 12:30 Jesus said you are either on my side or you are against me.” His desire is for us all to be on His side. Joshua had to understand God was the leader not Joshua. It…