Esther is a book which does not even mention the name of God; the GOD of Israel; the LORD God of hosts. Yet when you have eyes to see, and ears to hear you will see Him fully at work in the lives of His people and the nations. There have been, and are protests/riots …
In order to know the words, the acts, and purpose of a book one must open that book. It does not matter if the book is historical, study, a novel of fiction, historical fiction, etc., educational that book must be opened. Even an e-book must be opened to know its contents. The Bible, the word …
These events take place following the 70 years which Jeremiah had prophesied (Jeremiah 25:11). Ezra is God’s man for returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple which was razed by the Babylonians and carried many captives of the land away. Ezra had been faithful to God and His word through all the time of his …
“And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there …
Does God have his hand on the dealings of and with His people, and even the wicked of the world? A short, but true answer is “Of course He does”. You will believe that if you believe God and His word. If you do not believe it. Guess what? Does not take a whole lot …
Are you fearful? Does it seem as though the enemy is coming in around you? Do you feel surrounded by your troubles, trials, and fears? Sometimes we all have them, and we deal with them the best way we know how, but often, the last thing we do is seek the Lord. We need to …
Are there any people or any one person who is the problem when a country or land is troubled, and plagued by drought, famine, hunger, poverty, or disasters? Do these things just kind of happen? I think there are a lot of things we need to consider. One is, does that nation or people group …
“And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; and I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of …
Many times we people – all who were made by God in His image and likeness want what we want, and we want it now. Nothing has changed since the Garden of Eden and the fall of Adam and Eve; at least in the matter of our wants. When it comes to leadership of kings, …
Sometimes we people of the human race do things we do not exactly want to do or like to do to survive. Abraham left the Promised Land of Canaan when a famine came, and Hagar came back with him and Sarah (Genesis 12:10-20). Look at the heartaches, and sorrow that has brought on us all. …
There is too much false teaching going around. Teaching which says to us everyday… Live the way you want to, do your own thing, do not worry about it… God is a loving God. He does not judge. He loves. Have faith. Faith in something, anything; just have faith. Friend, It does make a …
Making decisions involving others is not an easy task. There are people out to take advantage of you, to get all they can get from you. The Great and Awesome God who has made all things gave us a mind and heart to use, but we do need help at times. I want to take …
What happens when we do not fear God? Do we really want an answer? I will answer it. We will fear everything else, and be crippled by that fear even though there is only a perceived notion, or a shadow in the darkness ahead. BOO! This is something the LORD has been revealing to me …
“And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the …
“For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your …
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