“Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed” 1 Samuel 6: 6? People with...
“Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God. Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the...
“For we live by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5: 7. An immature person only does right when they feel like it. That is, when they feel good. A mature person, by contrast,...
“At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses” Numbers 9: 23. This verse, and really this whole chapter points...
“. . . but Eleazar stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day. The troops returned to...
“. . . Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed” Isaiah 6:10b. I believe the way we are healed emotionally, psychologically...
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal...
“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him” Proverbs 30:5. I’ll be the first to admit, I’m no biblical scholar. But the English word “shield” seems...
“But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They...
“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron’” Jeremiah 28:13. Jeremiah was God’s “weeping prophet” to His...