2024-01-08 07:51 1 Samuel 16:2. "And Samuel said, 'How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.' And the Lord said, 'Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.''...

2024-01-07 10:07 Daniel 14:26. "But if you, O king, will give me permission, I will slay the dragon without sword or club." Daniel is speaking to the king of Babylon, to whom he has become a trusted advisor. Daniel ha...

2024-01-06 12:15 Exodus 38:28. "And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them." The "he" here is Bezalel, a skilled art...

2024-01-04 06:50 Proverbs 11:13. "He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden."   I love how the Bible is so many different things - sometimes an epic ...

2024-01-03 06:26 Amos 3:14. "On the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground."   The prophecies I have been r...

2024-01-02 07:24 Matthew 18:27. "And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt." This is a line from the parable of the wicked servant whose massive debt was forgiven by his ma...

2023-12-31 07:01 Isaiah 14:14. "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High." This is part of a taunt Isaiah promises the Israelites will take up against the king of Babylon on...

2023-12-30 10:03 Psalm 54:5 "He will requite my enemies with evil; in thy faithfulness put an end to them." Often in the Psalms, and in the Old Testament in general, there is this theme of trusting God to requite our ...

2023-12-29 08:48 1 Samuel 14:22. "Likewise, when the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle." This ...

2023-12-28 06:20 1 Maccabees 13:49. "The men in the citadel at Jerusalem were prevented from going out to the country and back to buy and sell. So they were very hungry, and many of them perished from famine." Simon M...