Category: Old Testament A-Z
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G = Guard AND Pray
“And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.” (Neh. 4:9) If falling on your knees in prayer is so powerful, why endure that vomit-inducing totally-debilitating chemotherapy? If God promises to give you the words to speak, why would you spend so much midnight-oil reading…
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F = A Fountain of Blood and Water
“On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.” (Zech. 13:1) Red-wine stains are removed by first sprinkling salt, wax by ironing with brown paper, and oil necessitates a surfactant detergent. For every domestic disaster, there is a…
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E = Entertaining Angels (and Others)
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Heb 13:2) This verse takes us outside our comfortable places. When we talk about angels, we move from speaking about world-view analysis, philosophical frameworks and cultural paradigms. We stand clearly on the ground of revelation. God shows himself as…
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D = Day of the Lord
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.” (Mal 4:5) The day you were born and the day you die, that time you buy your first car, received the award, enter marriage, find out the results of the scan and hear the news of…
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C = Caleb, Old Man Strength
And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. (Joshua 14:10-11) “You can take the dog out of the fight, but you…
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B = Babylonian Exile and Ours
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that…
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A = Abominations in Proverbs
“There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.”…
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