Category Archives: suffering

ferocious deliverance

Psalm 18:13-15 Psalm 18:13 Yahveh thundered from the sky; the Most High made his voice heard. Psalm 18:14 He sent his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them. Psalm 18:15 The depths of the sea became … Continue reading

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his cloud cloak

Psalm 18:10-12 Psalm 18:10 He climbed onto a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind. Psalm 18:11 He made darkness his hiding place, dark storm clouds his cloak covering him. Psalm 18:12 From the brightness of his … Continue reading

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how he showed his love

  John 19:28-30 John 19:28 After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.” John 19:29 A jar full of sour wine had been laid there; so they … Continue reading

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peace amid suffering

John 16:28-33 Joh 16:28 I exited from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” Joh 16:29 His disciples said, “Look, now you’re speaking plainly and not using any … Continue reading

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our sorrow will turn

John 16:16-22 Joh 16:16 “A little while and you will no longer see me; again a little while and you will see me.” Joh 16:17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this he’s telling us: … Continue reading

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Incongruous love

John 15:19-21 Joh 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would care about you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have selected you out of it, the world hates you. Joh … Continue reading

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Psalms 10:1 Yahveh, why are you standing so far away? Why are you hiding in hard times? What an honest prayer! This believer does not doubt the existence of God or his power to intervene. He questions why God seems … Continue reading

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against their gods

against their gods devotions from Jefferson Vann # 2361 Numbers 33:1-15 Num 33:1 These are the phases of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies, being guided by Moses and Aaron. … Continue reading

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overcomers who inherit

overcomers who inherit devotions by Jefferson Vann # 2346 Numbers 26:52-65 Num 26:52 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said, Num 26:53 “Among these the land will be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. … Continue reading

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divine overkill

devotional post # 2300 Numbers 11:16-23 Num 11:16 Then Yahveh said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them … Continue reading

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