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2Sa 17:16 “Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’ ” This was during Absalom’s conspiracy. God frustrated Ahithophel’ s counsel through Hushai. Ahithophel had advised…
Isa 50:4 “The Lord God has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, he awakens My ear to hear as the learned. As believers, our main task is to minister hope in a…
1Co 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Paul attributed his zeal, success and apostolic endowments not to his hard work….
Mar 10:47-48 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Bartimaeus was sitting on the road side…
Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past. This is an allusion of the Passover experience in Exodus chapter 12. The four verbs; come, enter, close and hide strongly explains the depth and importance of…
1Sa 17:46 “This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may…
1Ki17:2The word of the Lord came to him ‘Depart from here and turn Eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith” The God we serve operates in ways we don’t comprehend at times. Later, we come to see the bigger picture. Elijah told King Ahab that there would be no rain for the next few…
2Co 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. How can a weak man be strong? Paul , in the midst of all his many infirmities and reproaches never complained against God. He discovered that the…
Rev 2:13 I know where you live–where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city–where Satan lives. Where does the devil reside?Who would wish to live in…
Psalms 42:1-2 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Panting and thirsting are common to the deer especially after hot pursuit by the predators. David used this analogy to…