Archive for January 2023
Everything we really have
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dw9bs-136d3db Where do we hang our hope? Who do we seek in our need? What fuels us to face our days with purpose and honor? What gives us our sustenance and support? Is there not one place, one person to fulfill all these? Do we not already have all we need in him and his…
Read MoreS171P1 – The proverbial good friend: a friend in common
Pro. 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. It has not escaped me that my perspective on friendship for the Christian is controversial, but I believe that the scriptures support the position. It is founded on the biblical command that we not be friends with the world. [Jam.…
Read MoreS170P13 – Behind closed doors: Jeremiah
Jer. 32:24-25 Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it. Yet you, O Lord GOD,…
Read MoreS170P12 – Behind closed doors: Hezekiah
2Kgs. 19:14-16 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone,…
Read MoreS170P11 – Behind closed doors: Elisha
2Kgs. 4:32-35 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD. Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes,…
Read MoreS170P10 – Behind closed doors: Samuel
1Sam. 8:4-9 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give…
Read MoreS170P9 – Behind closed doors: Moses
Exo. 8:29-32 Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.” So Moses…
Read MoreS170P8 – Behind closed doors: Nehemiah
Neh. 1:4-6 As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. And I said, “O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep…
Read MoreThe art of seduction
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-833jv-1363c24 The story of Samson and Delilah is short but compelling. We will encounter many people, things and ideas in this world which might seem good to us in one way or another but really have seduced us for our harm. Let us pray to have more discernment than Samson, to see the seductress for…
Read MoreS170P7 – Behind closed doors: Manoah
Jdg. 13:8-11 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the child who will be born.” And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again…
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