Psalm 86:7 When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me. Have you ever needed to make a distress call to 112 or 911? Such a call is always answered, in normal circumstances. However, it also happens that the operator can put you on hold, in extraordinary circumstances. Not so with God. Whenever you call […]
Hebrews 4:2-3 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith. Now we who have believed enter that rest. The good news in itself will not save anyone. […]
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 Jabez was more honourable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I […]
2 Kings 19:33 By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord. When the king was besieged by a a large army, he did not hesitate to enquire of the Lord. Rather than complain or depend on his own strength or devices, he fully depended on […]
2 Kings 6:15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked. Sometimes hell can seem all we see. It feels like we are surrounded by […]
Acts 12:5,15 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. (…) “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.” This chapter describes Peter being miraculously freed from prison. It is a time […]
2 Samuel 19:30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.” Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan, David’s friend. He was the sole survivor of Saul’s household and was lame at both feet. David gave him a place at his own table in 2 […]
Mark 9:16 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. When we preach the Word, He will confirm it with signs. Isn’t it great to see God working signs and wonders? Some people have become so hungry for signs, […]
2 Samuël 2:9-10Daar had hij Isboset koning gemaakt van Gilead, de stam van Aser, Jizreël, de stam van Efraïm en de stam van Benjamin. Dus over heel Israël [, behalve de stam van Juda]. Isboset was toen 40 jaar. Hij regeerde twee jaar. Alleen de stam van Juda volgde David. (BB) David heeft een lange […]
1 Samuel 27:7-8 David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months. 8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. Often we do not realise what someone in a position of leadership has gone through in his life – before being promoted to a place of influence. Long […]