“Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, And grant us thy salvation.” Psalm 85:5, 7 We need to first understand who God is to help us see how much of a privilege it is to go to His…
“I will hear what God the LORD will speak: For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.” Psalm 85:8 The Old Testament tells a story of the Israelites, and how they had committed adultery by going to have other gods besides the Lord….
“Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, Neither is there any divination against Israel: According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!” Numbers 23:23 The story in our passage today tells us how Balak asked Balaam to curse the children of Israel – God’s own…
“And said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem” LUKE 24:46-47 …thus it is written; There’s something about how God so intricately plans…
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1-2 We should be reminded that our journey here on Earth is temporal and there’s a permanent residency in heaven…
“The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” Nahum 1:7 What does a stronghold mean? It means a place of refuge, survival, or domination. It is interesting to know that our Lord is a stronghold for us in the day of trouble. We can…
“And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and his horsemen.” Exodus 14:17 Have you always wondered why some Bible characters played out evil acts that resulted in God’s judgement?…
“Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. But the former governors that had been…
“And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?” Nehemiah 4:2 Have you heard those…