October 3 | Genesis 14:19-20 “And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be God Most High who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And Abram gave Him a tenth of everything.” (Genesis 14:19–20) In all my…
September 25 | Isaiah 11:2 “And the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon Him the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit ofknowledge and the fear of the Lord” (Isaiah 11:2) Did you ever think you finally understood God? He is unsearchable. The…
September 24 | 1 Samuel 3:10-11 “And the Lord came and stood, and calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” And the Lord saidto Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel which everyonewho hears it, both their…
September 22 | judges 15:14-15 “When he came to Lehi, the Philistines raised the war-cry to meet him, and the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and the ropes on his arms were like flax burned with fire, and the bonds melted off his hands. And he found a…
September 21 | 1 Samuel 10:10-11 “And when they came there to Gibeah, and behold, a group of prophets met him and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. And when all who knew him previously saw him, and behold, he prophesied among the prophets,…
September 20 | Numbers 11:28-29 “So Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ servant from His youth, said, “My Lord Moses, restrain them!” But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would it all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put His Spirit on them!”” (Numbers…
September 19 | Numbers 11:25 “Then the Lord descended in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took from the Spirit, who was on him, and He put Him on the seventy elders. And it happened that the Spirit came upon them, but they did not do it again.”…
We’ve been gleaning life lessons from Abraham, and this time, when Abraham meets with God. This is a special time when the Lord physically comes to Abraham and Sarah in preparation for a year from now when Sarah will bear Isaac. Last time we discussed how Abraham tried to make…
God’s covenant with Abraham was already in motion when Abraham tries to fulfill God’s promise by himself. Of course, he had some help. In the last issue, we discussed God’s covenant with Abraham and how God promised to give him an heir through Sarah and land for his descendants. But…
There are seven fascinating moments in the Gospels where Jesus was like a revolutionary, healing on the Sabbath. This is my best attempt at understanding why He liked doing it. In my last post, I discussed how healing and casting out demons are used side-by-side by the New Testament authors.…