Archive for December 2022
A calling unto death
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cjenh-132e2a4 Esther, Mordecai and the Jews of their time certainly had their flaws. Yet, God used them in a mighty way, and we are still talking about it today. For them, the question was simple. Would they be willing to face death individually and corporately in order to save their people from annihilation? They would…
Read MoreS165P4 – In his hands: all the heavens
Lk. 21:25-28 And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. …
Read MoreS165P3 – In his hands: fire
2 Kgs. 1:13-14 Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, “O man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious…
Read MoreS165P2 – In his hands: the waters
Jon. 1:15-17 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows. And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly…
Read MoreThe immutable God
There are many things which distinguish our one true God from the plethora of false gods out there. Whether his love, his mercy, his truth or anything else about him, the biggest distinction from other gods is his permanence. He is the God who endures, and everything about him endures as well. His precepts never…
Read MoreS165P1 – In his hands: the sun
Jos. 10:12-14 At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until…
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