Tag Archive: God

Where’s An Elephant When You Need One?

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Exodus 16:3 The people of Isra’el said to [Moshe and Aharon], “We wish ADONAI had used his own hand to kill us off in Egypt!  There we used to sit around the pots with the meat boiling, and we had as much food as we wanted.  But you have taken us out into this desert…

Settling

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Exodus 10:24-26 Pharaoh summoned Moshe and said, “Go, worship ADONAI; only leave your flocks and herds behind – your children may go with you.”  Moshe answered, “You must also see to it that we have sacrifices and burnt offerings, so that we can sacrifice to ADONAI our God.  Our livestock will also go with us…

Wide Open Places

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As we’ve dug deeper into prayer, I’ve begun to notice God working more and more… I went in to speak with my Principal about some tech questions, and ended up talking about ways to work with teachers to improve technology use and about leading the 9th grade English team!  Definitely not expected!  But pretty awesome!…

Revelation!

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There have been a lot of things that have seemed really jumbled for me in the past year and I couldn’t understand how they all fit together… until today! Surrender and Slavery I was listening to Dutch Sheets speak about Intercessory prayer, and something he said suddenly just clicked!  God created man (Adam) to be…

God IS

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Exodus 34:6-7   6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the…

Torah and the Role of Israel

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There are two questions I’ve had a lot: does Torah matter and how were the Gentiles (sons of strangers) supposed to know this law? Skip Moen answers these questions with insight in two posts: Food in the Garden This article discusses the role of Israel. God clearly states (in Hebrew) that all men live by…

Battle Cry

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“Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it was that God routed Jereboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.” 2 Chronicles 13:15 Then it was that God routed Jereboam and all Israel.  It wasn’t until the men of Judah raised a…

The Torrent of Eden

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Psalm 36:5-9 5 Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like a great deep. O LORD, You preserve man and beast. 7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge…

The Lifter of My Head

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The Question A friend asked me recently what verses came to mind when I was stressed out, or which I could think of off of the top of my head. I was a deer in headlights.  I froze. I couldn’t think of anything. She then asked me if I had a verse or two that…

I Am Qualified

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I am qualified to share in His inheritance. Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. I had to go look up the word “inheritance” to see what the actual Greek means.  It means a portion or a lot.  Digging deeper, I…