Jeremiah 8:21-22 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? Through Jeremiah the prophet, the Lord laments for Jerusalem, a city with a special place in…
EXPLORING NEW POSSIBILITIES.
Num 13:19-21 “and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; “whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds; “whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests…
REMEDY FOR THE TROUBLED HEART
John 14:1-2 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? The disciples had been greatly distressed at what Jesus had…
VICTORY AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS.
2Sa 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. Then the people fled from the Philistines. 2Sa 23:12 But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the…
DON’T DISCOUNT THE SMALL THINGS YOU DO TO OTHERS.
Act 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. Tabitha ( Dorcus) was an active follower of Jesus. This woman was full…
BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PITCH YOUR TENT.
Gen 13:12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD. There came a time when Abraham and Lot’s flocks multiplied to a point…
IF THE LORD DOES NOT HELP YOU….
2Ki 6:26 Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!” 2Ki 6:27 And he said, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?” Ben-hadad king…
FROM GRASS TO GRACE.
Est 8:15 Now Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.Est 8:16 The Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor. It was but…
CRUMBS AREN’T SO BAD
Mar 7:27,28 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.” A woman who…
GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE.
1Ti 4:7 But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself rather to godliness. 1Ti 4:8 For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. Something is said to be profitable if it pays off….