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In the Service of the King

2024-03-11 10:47 1 Samuel 16:22. "And Saul sent to Jesse, saying 'Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.'" David's favor with Saul will not last; Saul will instead develop a fi...

God Prepares Us for Hard Truths

2024-03-09 09:54 Luke 18:34. "But they understood none of these things; this saying was hid from them, and they did not grasp what was said." This comes right after Jesus told his apostles that He and they were headin...

Strangers, Guests, and Benefactors

2024-03-08 08:22 Wisdom 19:14 "Others had refused to receive strangers when they came to them, but these made slaves of guests who were their benefactors." Solomon is speaking of how the Egyptians treated the Jews...

Slipping Into Revolt

2024-03-06 06:32 Jeremiah 11:9-10. "Again the Lord said to me, 'There is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to...

Finding the Key of Knowledge in a World Trying to Hide It

2024-03-05 06:16 Luke 11:52. "Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering." This line really spoke to me, especially in...

Ones and Zeros

2024-03-04 09:52 This is not one of my typical Bible posts, but rather a journal entry I wrote this morning. In my dozy, half-sleep stage last night I was thinking about ones and zeros, for some reason. (You have prob...

Well Rounded Sacrifice

2024-03-02 06:49 Numbers 15:11. "Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each of the male lambs or the kids." The "thus" that shall be done is that for each sacrifice of one of these animals, a concurrent s...

All People and Nations Will Come to Revere Him

2024-03-01 09:55 Jeremiah 12:14-17. "Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage which I have given my people Israel to inherit: 'Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I ...

Being a Sign by Trusting God

2024-02-29 14:05 Isaiah 8:18. "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion." God is telling Isaiah to say these words to ...

If Tonight You Hear His Voice, Get Out of Bed

2024-02-27 06:20 1 Samuel 3:10. "And the Lord came and stood forth, calling as at other times, 'Samuel! Samuel!' And Samuel said 'Speak, for thy servant hears." This is the fourth time the Lord has ca...