The holy rollers (religious leaders) were trying to trip Jesus up and find something to accuse Him of wrongdoing. The crowd following Christ had witnessed extraordinary miracles and they were praising Him to high heaven. The Pharisees wanted Jesus to tell the crowd to be quiet and stop their improper praising. Funny thing, Jesus said if the people are silent the stones would cry.

There are some very hard to understand Bible verses. In today's episode we look at the story of a guy who gets stone for picking up sticks on the wrong day. At first glance the story is about as crazy as crazy can get. It's tempting to think God is smoking something! Nope, He's a perfectly perfect God who always has our best interests in mind. The guy who picked up sticks on the wrong day did something much worse. Let's dive in and see what his dirty deeds actually were. Folks, sticks and stones can indeed break bones!

Target Bible Verses: Numbers 15:22-36, Exodus 20:8-11

Repetition is doing the same thing repeatedly. It can be both good and bad. Jesus talked about vain repetition in Matthew Chapter 6 when He was teaching the disciples about prayer. Repeating Bible verses is a good memory enhancing tool. Doing meaningless things over and over again produces meaningless results.

Some folks go to church every Sunday going through the motions of standing, sitting, kneeling and throwing a few bucks into the offering plate because they've been doing it for years. No relationship, just repetition to complete the weekly task. If you're not going to do something with meaning, it's better not to do it at all. Jesus isn't into half-hearted, lukewarm relationships.

Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody. Jesus loves you and so do we.

VIDEO CREDIT: Joe O'Connor, 8th Grade Student at Camp Verde United Christian School. Thanks for the help Joe! Target Bible verses: Mathew 6:7-15 NKJV, Hebrews 7:19 AMP, James 4:8 NKJV, 1 Timothy 1:7 AMP