“I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” – Job
“Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us?”” Judges 6:13a So far in Judges, we’ve seen the Low and High Tides of Israel’s Faith. At Low Tide, Israel becomes Idolatrous, an Enemy conquers and takes over, and then Israel suffers under […]
Matthew 5:1-12 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the
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“They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.” Judges 3:4 In Yesterday’s Reading, we saw Israel’s Disobedience; they did not drive out the Nations of Canaan as God had commanded! God in His Wisdom knew that these Nations
Holy And … Before Him In Love – Ephesians 1:4 “even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love” (ESV) Why are Christians elected to salvation? Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones explores this doctrine showing that we are chosen by God to
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“but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.” Judges 1:19b Sandwiched between Deuteronomy and 1st Samuel is the very Interesting Book of Judges. Like Dickens “Tale of Two Cities”, it too could have begun with – “it was the best of times, it was the worst of
“When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves at Shiloh to go up against them in war.” Joshua 22:12 Chapter 22 of Joshua should be titled, “Jumping to Conclusions”. If you remember the story back in Numbers, Israel had been attacked by Sihon, King of
“Not one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.” Joshua 21:45 If you have been reading through the Book of Joshua, you know this is Joshua’s summary statement regarding Israel and their conquest of Canaan. From the drying up of the Jordan River,
“Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah” Joshua 15:1a Chapter 15 describes the territory Judah was allotted, as well as all the cities it contained. There are 115 cities named here. They were not just empty cities, towns, and villages. At one time, they were filled with people; the Elderly, Moms
“But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.” Joshua 13:13 This is the first of several references in Joshua of Israel’s failure to obey God’s command; to “utterly destroy” the inhabitants of the land, as well as their Wicked Culture
“Now the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed.” Joshua 8:1a As we journey on in our Bible Reading through the Book of Joshua, we’ve seen the People of God engaged in two Battle Campaigns; the Miraculous Conquest of Jericho, and the Embarrassing Loss at Ai. We’ve seen a People listen to,