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Category Archives: faith
thinking about the future
2 Kings 20 If good king Hezekiah can be faulted with anything, it is this: He did not think about the future enough. He wanted healing, prayed for it, and got it. But when the Babylonian envoys came, he was … Continue reading
transition
2 Samuel 15:13-16:14 Due to the rebellion of his son Absalom, David finds himself in transition after years of ruling Israel. He must flee Jerusalem, some friends going with him, and others staying behind to communicate to him later. This … Continue reading
Posted in David, dependence upon God, faith, perseverance
Tagged 2 Samuel 15, 2 Samuel 16
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adventures in failure
1 Samuel 9:1-10:16 It was a singular journey in which Saul and his companion set out to find his father’s lost donkeys, and failed. But along the way Saul discovered Samuel, and was treated to a number of miracles and … Continue reading
Posted in dependence upon God, faith, plan of God, submission
Tagged 1 Samuel 10, 1 Samuel 9
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emotions and the Spirit
Judges 15 Rarely does the Holy Spirit work in our lives without an accompanying passion. For Samuel, his anger over being betrayed by his would-be father-in-law set the stage for a miracle. He picked up a fresh jawbone of a … Continue reading
by popular demand
Judges 10:1-11:3 The difference between this narrative and the others in Judges is that Jepthah’s judgeship seems to be initiated by the people, and God endorses it with his favor. We should not be afraid of doing something that has … Continue reading
The LORD’s turn to test
Judges 7 Gideon had amassed a considerable army with which he intended to come against the Midianites. But God told him to reduce the number. When the army was reduced to a mere 300 men, God was satisfied, by Gideon … Continue reading
putting out the fleece
Judges 6 If you want to use this passage as a proof-text for testing the LORD to see if he is in something you are planning, or to determine whether a certain option is his will or not – go … Continue reading
missions and possibilities
Joshua 13-14 Even in his old age, Caleb stood in line to be allotted land because “it may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out, just as you said.” There was work to … Continue reading
missions and common sense
Joshua 9 The lesson the Israelite leaders learned from the Gibeonite deception was an important one. Whatever they did, they needed to seek the LORD’s guidance first. Although God was withy them, and promised to give them the land, he … Continue reading
in retrospect: a simple choice
Deuteronomy 30:11-20 As strange and complicated as the Mosaic law seems, it must not have been so to the Israelites. They must have naturally known what kinds of choices pleased the LORD and what kinds were idolatrous. So, following the … Continue reading
Posted in discernment, discipleship, eternal life, faith, Jesus Christ, relationship with God
Tagged Deuteronomy 30
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