Judges 13:2 New International Version (NIV) A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. For meditation Throughout the Bible, we come across women who are not identified by their names. They were significant in many ways, but they still remain anonymous. In today’s … Continue reading Celebrating the Unnamed Women
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A Call to Serve with Dignity and Honor
Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor – Exodus 28:2 In Exodus, we read that God told Moses to bring Aaron and his sons out from among the Israelites, “so that they may serve me as priests” (28:1). They were to bear responsibility for offences connected with the sanctuary and … Continue reading A Call to Serve with Dignity and Honor
Hopeful Expectation
Philippians 1:19 New International Version (NIV) I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. For Meditation Aku’s husband has been living in the United States of America (USA) for the past eight years. She, however, has been living in her … Continue reading Hopeful Expectation
Discretion Necessary
Proverbs 25:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT) Just because you’ve seen something, don’t be in a hurry to go to court. For what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat? For Meditation I am sure that the day four-star General Colin Powell stood before the Security Council of the … Continue reading Discretion Necessary
Set Apart by the Word
Psalm 119:11 New International Version (NIV) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. For Meditation His grandfather Manasseh was probably the worst king Judah ever had. That wicked king is reputed to have sawed the prophet Isaiah in two. Amon, his son, was no better. As a result of his … Continue reading Set Apart by the Word
The Abigails in Our Lives
1 Samuel 25:33 New International Version (NIV) May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. For Meditation I don’t get it. Maybe you can explain something to me, because it doesn’t make sense. David would not touch the man who … Continue reading The Abigails in Our Lives
That Child Will Come Home
Luke 15:20 New International Version (NIV) So he got up and went to his father. For Meditation The agony of a child gone wayward; it’s like a knife thrust through the heart. Questions linger. They probe the mind for answers that elude reason. Guilt checks in with its baggage for an unspecified stay, and the … Continue reading That Child Will Come Home
Breaking the Human Huddle
Genesis 11:8 New International Version (NIV) So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. For meditation Let’s look back to Shinar through the eyes of God, and observe the heart and condition of the human race. They had one language and they huddled in one place (Gen. 11:2). They … Continue reading Breaking the Human Huddle
The Bile of a Vengeful Heart
Romans 12:19 New International Version (NIV) Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. For Meditation It was September 26, 2002 in Dallas, Texas. The President of the United States of America (USA), George W. Bush, was … Continue reading The Bile of a Vengeful Heart
