Monthly Archives: August 2024
best outcome
20240831 best outcome 1 Kings 1:28-53 (JDV) 1 Kings 1:28 King David answered by saying, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So, she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.1 Kings 1:29 The king swore an oath and said, … Continue reading
speak up
20240830 speak up 1 Kings 1:11-27 (JDV) 1 Kings 1:11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba (Solomon’s mother) “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David is not aware of it?1 Kings 1:12 … Continue reading
I will be king
20240829 I will be king 1 Kings 1:1-10 (JDV) 1 Kings 1:1 Now King David was old and advanced in age. Although they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.1 Kings 1:2 So his servants said to him: … Continue reading
replacement, not restoration
20240828 replacement, not restoration Obadiah 17-21 (JDV) Obadiah 1:17 But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion, and it will be holy; the house of Jacob will dispossess those who dispossessed them.Obadiah 1:18 Then the house of Jacob will … Continue reading
retaliation will return
20240827 retaliation will return Obadiah 12-16 (JDV) Obadiah 1:12 Do not gloat over your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boastfully mock in … Continue reading
like one of them
20240826 like one of them Obadiah 1-4 (JDV) Obadiah 1:9 Teman, your warriors will be terrified so that everyone from the hill country of Esau will be destroyed by slaughter.Obadiah 1:10 You will be covered with shame and destroyed forever … Continue reading
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cleaned out
20240825 cleaned out Obadiah 5-8 (JDV) Obadiah 1:5 If thieves came to you, if destroyers by night — how ravaged you would be! — wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave … Continue reading
too significant
20240824 too significant Obadiah 1-4 (JDV) Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what Lord Yahveh has said about Edom: We have heard a message from Yahveh; an envoy has been sent among the nations: “Rise up, and let … Continue reading
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stay set to the standard
20240823 Stay set to the standard 1 Peter 5:12-14 (JDV) 1 Peter 5:12 Through Silvanus, a faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly to encourage you and to testify that this is the true favor … Continue reading
a temporary lion
20240822 a temporary lion 1 Peter 5:8-11 (JDV) 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is walking around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.1 Peter 5:9 Resist that lion, firm in the … Continue reading
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