Footsteps to Zion

Based on the message of Rev. Norman Holmes Each person has his own identity and personality. And the more that we understand the ways of a person, the more we know how that person will think and act in different situations. The same goes with our God and our relationship with Him. He has His own ways of thinking and acting. David prayed to the Lord in Psalm 25:4 to show him God's ways and teach him God's paths. He wanted to know God’s very heart. If we become like King David who knew God's heart , we will begin to understand His ways more.  Not only will we know what He does but we will also understand WHY He does certain things . We will then know how we can be co-laborers with Him. It is written that God made known His ways to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel (Psalm 103:7). Moses knew the heart and mind of God. He knew how God would react in different situations and why. He knew how he could work in harmony with God to lead the Israelites out o...

We would like to talk about the subject of wandering. Webster defines wandering as "to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal." There are two types of wandering in the Scriptures and this is what we want to know by the grace of God : 1. Wandering as a FORM OF JUDGMENT. 2. Wandering with PURPOSE. WANDERING AS A JUDGMENT Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. ( Genesis 4:16)  This happened after Cain slew his brother Abel. He was judged and was sent out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in Nod. In the Hebrew, "Nod" means wandering or vagrancy (state of having no place to live without lawful, visible means of support). It is a very serious thing to be sentenced to wandering as a judgment! We would like to know what it means to wander as judgment. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. They grope...