Don’t Just Read The Word Of God – Respond To It 9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people hadContinue reading “Responding to the Word of God – Nehemiah 8:9-12”
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Building the Body – Colossians 1:9-14
Prayer Is The Fuel For Spiritual Body Building 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may liveContinue reading “Building the Body – Colossians 1:9-14”
Protection by God – Psalm 125
God Is The One Who Protects His People Israel 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore. 3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the landContinue reading “Protection by God – Psalm 125”
Fire-Breathing Dragons and God – Job 41:12-34
Myths Are Often Based In Fact 12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form. 13 Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor? 14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? 15 Its backContinue reading “Fire-Breathing Dragons and God – Job 41:12-34”
Meekness and God – John 2:13-17
Whips And Tables And Flying Change – Oh My! 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and droveContinue reading “Meekness and God – John 2:13-17”
Weakness Before God – 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
God Uses the Weak To Shame The Strong 26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; GodContinue reading “Weakness Before God – 1 Corinthians 1:26-31”
Combat Training with God – Joshua 14:6-12
Give A Good Report 6 Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me. 7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of theContinue reading “Combat Training with God – Joshua 14:6-12”
Justice of God – Psalm 58:6-11
The Righteous Cry Out That Wicked Leaders Receive Justice In This Life 6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions! 7 Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short. 8 May they be like a slugContinue reading “Justice of God – Psalm 58:6-11”
Combat Training with God – 1 Corinthians 1:22-25
Seek After God, Not Signs And Wonders Nor Worldly Wisdom 22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom ofContinue reading “Combat Training with God – 1 Corinthians 1:22-25”
Faithfulness to God – Acts 14:19-20
Never Stop Doing What Is Right In The Eyes Of God 19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into theContinue reading “Faithfulness to God – Acts 14:19-20”
Loving God – Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Trinitarian is not Polytheistic 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Only One God greatly desires to reveal Himself to us through the scriptures. In this passage, God reveals that He isContinue reading “Loving God – Deuteronomy 6:4-5”
Walking with God – Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. This is a very famously quoted passage in scripture. But there’s more here than meets the eye. The NIV translates the firstContinue reading “Walking with God – Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)”
Combat Training with God – Mark 9:29
He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer [and fasting (the text in these brackets does not appear in all of the manuscripts)]. Some of the greatest feats in the Bible were done by people who prayed AND fasted. Fasting is a nearly lost discipline in the American church. We have been soContinue reading “Combat Training with God – Mark 9:29”
Combat Training with God- 2 Chronicles 20:15
He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.’” It never goes well when we try to do things on our own. When weContinue reading “Combat Training with God- 2 Chronicles 20:15”
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