Esther 4:14 If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this? There are two days that are very important to you. The first […]
And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away. (Nehemiah 12:43) There are two ways to give, reluctantly or cheerfully. Some people give something grudgingly, as if under compulsion. They will […]
Proverbs 16:26 The thought of hunger keeps the workers working so that they can eat. (EASY) What are you hungry for? What is more important for you to eat? Is eternal life, and fellowship with God on the top of things you are currently working for? One thing I wasn’t working hard for was fasting; […]
1 Chronicles 13:14 The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his household and everything he had. The presence of God is not something to be taken lightly. There are many commentaries on what happened to Uzzah and why, one thing that remains is that God’s […]
1 Samuel 13:11-12 Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash, 12 I thought…” Saul started out really well as we have read in the previous chapters. Many wonder, how did a good king end up so […]
1 Samuel 7:9-10 So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the Lord as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the Lord to help Israel, and the Lord answered him. Just as Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines arrived to attack Israel. But the Lord spoke with a mighty voice of […]
Judges 11:1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. God used Jephthah despite how his family perceived him and his origins. It doesn’t matter where you come from or how your family looks like, God has a purpose for your life, and you can live in full […]
Joshua 4:6-7 We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant went across.’ These stones will stand as a memorial among the […]
Psalms 42:11 & Psalms 43:5 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! (NLT) David never held back anything from God; he told God how he felt and everything that was going on in his life. God already […]
Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years. It is so easy to forget where our blessings come from. When we are in the wilderniss, we cry out to the Lord and He helps us. But when we live in the promised land, we think […]