Tag: god
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David – the Beginning
1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” But Samuel said,…
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Samson Part 1
Judges 13:1-5 – Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines, who oppressed them for forty years. In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had…
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Gideon’s Fleeces vs. “Don’t Test the Lord Your God”
Judges 6:33-40 – Some time later, all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners joined together, came over, and set up camp in the Jezreel Valley. Then the Lord’s spirit came over Gideon, and he sounded the horn and summoned the Abiezrites to follow him. He sent messengers into all of Manasseh, and they were also…
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Faithing Together
Exodus 17:8-13 – The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.” So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered,…
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Moses All In
Exodus 14:21-31Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and God, with a terrific east wind all night long, made the sea go back. He made the sea dry ground. The seawaters split.The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground with the waters a wall to the right and to the left. The…
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I Have Great Reasons for Resisting…
Read Exodus 3 – 4:16 (The Calling of Moses) A much longer scripture today so I’ll keep it short. This story of Moses’ call is very dear to me. I so identify with Moses’s objections to what God wanted him to do. I could not imagine myself doing what God was calling me to do…
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Moses
Exodus 2:1-10 – Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him…
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Cheeky Abram
Genesis 15:1-6 -Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.” But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given…
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Simon of Cyrene
Matthew 27:32, NIV – As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. I encourage you to watch/listen to the song first today. It is a dramatization of the scripture. Song: Watch the Lamb – Ray Boltz Like many Christian songs, “Watch the…
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“These Two Sons of Mine. . .”
Matthew 20:20-28, The Message – It was about that time that the mother of the Zebedee brothers came with her two sons and knelt before Jesus with a request. “What do you want?” Jesus asked. She said, “Give your word that these two sons of mine will be awarded the highest places of honor in…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 