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Category Archives: compassion
trophy wives
Proverbs 31:10-31 King Lemuel lived in a world (much like ours) where women were usually seen as objects to be used and looked at. His mother taught him better. She taught him to look for a wife of true excellence. … Continue reading
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buy her back
Hosea 3 Hosea’s wife had left him for another man, and her adultery had apparently led to her eventually becoming a slave. Hosea could have said “good riddance” and assumed that she was getting what she deserved for being unfaithful … Continue reading
anger management
Jonah 4 Jonah was a success at being a prophet, but a failure at controlling his own emotions. The LORD provided a visual aid to remind Jonah that – to him, compassion is more important than justice. Even those of … Continue reading
attitude
Obadiah 1:15-21 The Edomites helped the Babylonians ransack Jerusalem and helped capture and enslave Jews who were trying to escape. The Edomites no longer exist. They did not learn their lesson. God had sent his first missionary prophet to a … Continue reading
from where God looks
Psalm 113 From where God looks, we are all lowly. He looks far down on the heavens because his glory is above the heavens. Those we deem as the greatest of earth are poor and needy compared to him. This … Continue reading
shelter the outcasts
Isaiah 15-16 Though the prophet predicts a sudden attack, humiliating Moab, and God is behind the attack — he also commands the inhabitants of Judah to grant asylum to the fleeing Moabites. The people of God are not to gloat … Continue reading
for the birds
Psalm 84 I used to always think of this psalm when attending Maranatha Bible Church in Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines. The large building had steel bars on some of its upper windows and its walls, which freely let in … Continue reading
ending exploitation
Nehemiah 5 Everyone knew that the commitment to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls would involve hardship. What they did not count on, however, was the exploitation of the Jewish nobles and officials. They were taking advantage of the situation to exact interest … Continue reading
it’s a wonderful life
Job 42:7-17 Job’s restoration begins when God intercedes, and the first thing to be restored is his relationship with those three therapists. Job takes the upper hand and prays for them. This is more than simply a vindication of Job’s … Continue reading
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losers
Job 18 Bildad is irritated with Job’s insistence that he is suffering innocently. To Bildad, Job is a loser. He has lost both house and household: everything that he could rely on. Bildad’s worldview has only one answer for such … Continue reading
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