Category Archives: violence

first seek peace

Posted on March 11, 2020 by

first seek peace Deuteronomy 20:10-14 (JDV) Deuteronomy 20:10 “When you approach a city to fight against it, make an offer of peace. Deuteronomy 20:11 If it answers your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, all the people … Continue reading →

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other peoples’ future

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

  Deuteronomy 2:22-23 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:22 This was just as he had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when he exterminated the Horites ahead of them; they took possession from them and have lived in their … Continue reading →

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20181007

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

Psalms 10:5-7 5 The roads he takes are always safe; your high judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his enemies. 6 He says to himself, “I will never be moved –from generation to generation without disaster.” … Continue reading →

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double violation

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

devotional post # 2129 Hosea 10:8-10 Hos 10:8 The high places of Aven, the mistake of Israel, will be made useless. Thorn bush and thistle will grow up on their altars, and they will say to the mountains, “Cover us,” … Continue reading →

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hot hearts

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

devotional post # 2114 Hosea 7:4-11 Hos 7:4 They are all cheaters; they are like a heated oven whose baker can stop stirring the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. Hos 7:5 On the day … Continue reading →

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bloody path

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

devotional post # 2112 Hosea 6:8-11 Hos 6:8 Gilead is a city of criminals, marked out with blood. Hos 6:9 As raiding bands lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to … Continue reading →

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aftermath to Jezreel

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

devotional post # 2099 Hosea 2:21-23 Hos 2:21 “And in that day I will answer, this is what Yahveh says, I will answer the skies, and they will answer the land, Hos 2:22 and the land will answer the grain, … Continue reading →

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police brutality

Posted on July 9, 2017 by

devotional post # 2072 Luke 22:63-65 Luk 22:63 Now the men who were tormenting Jesus were ridiculing him as they beat him. Luk 22:64 They also blindfolded him and kept telling him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” Luk … Continue reading →

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our real problem

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

Isaiah 59:1-6 Watch, Yahveh’s hand is not too short from delivering,[1] nor his ear too dull from hearing. 2 Instead, your iniquities have caused a division between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, … Continue reading →

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no mercy, no pity

Posted on March 6, 2015 by

Isaiah 13:14-18 14 And this will happen: like a hunted gazelle or sheep and without one who gathers them, they will each turn to his people, and they will each flee to his land. 15 Everyone who is found will … Continue reading →

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