Archive for July 2019
S21P21 – Portraits of faith: Elijah
1 Kings 17:24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.” As we walk out our Christian lives, there will be indicators of our faith. Our love for one another as well as our love…
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2 Samuel 7:17Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation. Nathan was a prophet to the king. The message that he was charged by God to relay to King David was quite the encouragement. In fact, it foreshadowed the Messiah coming from the lineage of David. Who would pass up the chance…
Read MoreS21P19 – Portraits of faith: Jonathan
1 Sam. 20:16-17So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account.” And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself. Jonathan was called to be loyal to three men: his Lord, his father and…
Read MoreS21P18 – Portraits of faith: David
Acts 13:22After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.” We cannot deny that David was a man of passion. Sometimes that passion led him toward God, other times it…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Stillness of God
If we want to see a journey of faith through highs and lows, a heart that chases after God despite its faults and failures, the bible has several examples. Of them, we probably gain the most insight from the life of the writer of Psalm 119. These prayers are intimate, transparent, sincere, desperate and inquisitive.…
Read MoreS21P17 – Portraits of faith: Samuel
1 Sam. 3:19-20The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord. God walked with Samuel from a young age. Actually, God was with Samuel well before…
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