Posts by C. C.
Only a matter of time
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sij8g-164c5fc Recently, I have been challenged to evaluate how I spend this time and this life while God still grants me minutes and hours here. There is a lot we could be doing, and then there is a lot we should be doing. Perhaps it is time yet again for us to seek God regarding…
Read MoreS222P1 – Lessons from Joshua: have strength and courage
Jos. 1:5-7 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to…
Read MoreS221P6 – In his hands: our days
Psa. 139:13-16 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the…
Read MoreS221P5 – In his hands: time
Jer. 1:4-5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” If time were a set of train tracks starting at the beginning and ending at the end, we…
Read MoreS221P4 – 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 MoreS221P3 – 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 MoreS221P2 – 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 MoreS221P1 – 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…
Read MoreTimes and seasons
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bjx6c-1642af0 Eras, seasons, and times. That is what we expect to experience in this life. Or perhaps life is just one long yet brief season. Or perhaps it is both.
Read MoreS200P6 – Signs of a king: allegiance clearly shown
1 Kgs. 15:9-13 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done. He put away…
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