When life doesn’t go the way you envisioned it… Whose fault is that? How honest with yourself are you? When life “falls apart” who do you blame? Everyone else but yourself, do you even blame God? What is anyone to do each day? God says “Trust in Me with all your heart”. Don’t continue to […]
The LORD God said to Solomon at the dedication of the newly built temple in Jerusalem, “If you follow Me as your father, David did, then I will establish the throne forever to your descendants”. The LORD God gave King Solomon fair warning – if you follow me with your whole heart and have integrity, […]
David was a teen-ager when he was anointed by Samuel to be Israel’s king sometime in the future. David was sent to the battlefield to take food to three of his brothers. They were in Israel’s army under King Saul and they were fighting their enemy, the Philistines. David heard Goliath’s challenge to Israel’s army: […]
Hannah had no children. She was a second wife to Elkanah. His other wife had children. Penniah would provoke and make fun of Hannah for having no children. Elkanah tried to smooth things over in his household and tell Hannah she was more important to him than children. Hannah still grieved, especially once a year […]
Consider the multitude of people whom the LORD was leading to the Promised Land by Moses, His servant. What about those two million people? They were complaining and grumbling against Moses and Aaron, AGAIN. What were their complaints this time? Water, we need water. Moses & Aaron fell on their faces in prayer. The […]
The children of Israel were out in the wilderness, led there by the living God. They complained about the adversity. How do you put up with others complaining? What does this show about a person who complains all the time? I don’t know about you but I tend to shut them out, till I cannot […]
James 5:9 paraphrased prayer Lord, You tell me not to complain. “Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.” You are standing at my door, hearing my complaining. You are always aware of my attitude. Forgive me for complaining… […]
Moses saw God’s judgments on Egypt through the Nile River becoming blood, frogs throughout Egypt, gnats and insects swarming. Now came more judgments on the gods of Egypt. Distinction between Egyptians and the slaves of the sons of Israel. Pestilence on the livestock of the Egyptians without harm to the Hebrew slaves’ livestock. Exodus 9:1-6 […]
The LORD God is unrelenting in His judgments. He does not back down when people refuse to believe in Him. The plagues came from the LORD – Moses and Aaron did as the LORD told them. The gods of Egypt were being judged. Pharaoh’s hard heart of unbelief was being judged. GNATS! The first insects […]
When life seems unbearable, what to do? Turn to God, listen and learn what He has in mind. Pharaoh made the Hebrew slaves’ lives unbearable, demanding them to gather the materials for making bricks, and expecting the same quota to be met every day. Exodus 5:5-23 The LORD told Moses that only under compulsion would […]