Harvest of Righteousness
“Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. Sooner than...
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How The Wilderness Experience Exorcises our Demons
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes,...
What Does It Mean to be Crucified with Christ?
“We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin” Romans 6:6....
Saul and the Medium: When We Go Our Own Way
“Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also...
Sin and Suffering: Is There a Connection?
“For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, 13 know for certain...
The Promise Land: Meaning and Significance
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the...
What Does the Red Sea Crossing Represent?
“When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground” Exodus 15:19. The Israelites had just left...
Stand Firm Against the Enemy and Prevail
“. . . 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...
Turning from Sin to Find Healing
“. . . 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...
If You Harden Your Heart Your Life Will Be Hard
“So, as the Holy Spirit says: ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart(s) as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness. . . So...