Archive for March 2022

Exo. 1:8‭-‬10 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.  And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they…

Hab. 1:14‭-‬15 Why do You make men like fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them?  They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet.  Therefore they rejoice and are glad. I came to Christ later in life. …

Hab. 1:13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness.  Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he? The argument seems sound.  God is perfect and pure, which is not what we see in…

Hab. 1:12 Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One?  We shall not die.  O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. We know the work that God completed through Pharaoh.  This king would not free God’s people, so He brought a plague…

Hab. 1:3 Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to see trouble?  For plundering and violence are before me; there is strife, and contention arises. Here we have a prophet who stands in a position similar to most of God’s prophets.  He has a special connection to the Lord, and he has been…

Hab. 1:2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear?  Even cry out to You, “Violence!” and You will not save. Initially, his focus was on his own hardships.  Piece by piece, life had begun to fall apart, and he knew not why.  He prayed for things to improve, but things…

Est. 4:10‭-‬11 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a command for Mordecai: “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except…

Gen. 50:19‭-‬21 Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?  But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.  Now therefore, do not be afraid;…

Pro. 13:15‭-‬16 Good understanding gains favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.  Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly. They looked like twins because they were twins, but in every other way they were so different.  The younger one born four minutes earlier was quieter and more…