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2 Kings 7:1 Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord . This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.” After a severe famine besieged Samaria, it left the…
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and sat down among the ashes. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. Job 2:8-9 KJV The level of godliness and integrity in Job was unquestionable. God gave a testimony concerning Him. Nevertheless , satan disputes…
Isa 43:1 But now ,this is what the Lord says ,He who created you O Jacob ,he who formed you O Israel: ” Fear not for I have redeemed you,I have summoned you by name,you are mine.( NIV) God created the nation of Israel and made it special to Him. He redeemed it and called…
Persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed ( 2cor 4:9) In his earthly ministry, Paul went through extremely difficult moments. The above scriptures paints two vivid pictures. The first picture , ” persecuted and not abandoned, “is one of the enemy being cruel and giving him unfair treatment while the divine defender stands…
John 11:33-35 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied. Jesus wept.(NIV). Jesus felt sad when his friend Lazarus had died. He loved Lazarus together with…
Exodus 1:12 “But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.” The Egyptians tried to wear down the Israelites by forcing them into slavery and mistreating them. The more the Israelites were afflicted, the more they multiplied and grew stronger. Christian friend,…
Ge 37:23 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. Joseph…
Job 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. The book of job introduce him as blameless and upright man who feared God and shunned evil. But Job was always fearful of known and unknown. Though in prosperity, he thought and dreaded that adversity might come. He feared…
Gen 41:32-34 “And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.”Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.”Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, to collect…
Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut .keep your self safe for a short time, till his wrath is over (Isaiah 26:20) These words were uttered against a backdrop of Assyrian and Babylonian tyranny. God may have allowed the afflictions on Israel because of their failure to acknowledge Him….