Tag: prophets
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Zephaniah: I Don’t Want to Hear This!
Zephaniah 2:1-3 So get yourselves together. Shape up! You’re a nation without a clue about what it wants. Do it before you’re blown away like leaves in a windstorm, Before God’s Judgment-anger sweeps down on you, Before God’s Judgment Day wrath descends with full force. Seek God, all you quietly disciplined…
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The Spiritual Discipline of Singing
Habakkuk 3:2, 16-19 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, …
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When Worship Is Not Worship (Amos)
Amos 5:21-24 I hate, I reject your festivals; I don’t enjoy your joyous assemblies. If you bring me your entirely burned offerings and gifts of food— I won’t be pleased; I won’t even look at your offerings of well-fed animals. Take away the noise of your songs; I won’t listen to…
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Motivation Matters
Amos 7:10-15 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel: “Amos is hatching a plot against you right here on your very doorstep! What he is saying is intolerable. He is saying, ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed, and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.’” Then…
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The Prophets: Obadiah
During the month of September, we will focus on the Old Testament prophets. There is a notion that prophets are fortune tellers, revealers of the future. Though prophets often speak of the future, that is not their primary purpose. Prophets serve as God’s messengers of accountability when God’s people (and particularly the leaders of God…
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Deborah
Judges 4 – After Ehud had died, the Israelites again did things that the Lord saw as evil. So the Lord gave them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, and he was stationed in Harosheth-ha-goiim. The Israelites cried out to the Lord because Siser]…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 