I member reading these passages (specifically chapter 9) about a year and a half ago. We were preparing for a service of healing at church and I wanted to see how Jesus did it. It is interesting that in almost every case here, we are told that faith is the activating agent for healing. In Read more »
Well, we’ve kind of covered the parable of the sower in a previous post, but there is certainly more that can be said about it. In the passages for today, though, we see a couple of things. First, this mystery of the kingdom that the disciples have been given is something that needs to be Read more »
There is an awful lot to cover in these couple chapters, and there is no way we could do that here. But, as always, everyone in encouraged to comment and add their own experience of the Spirit speaking to them through the Word. The common story to these two texts is the story of the Read more »
Do you know the story of the boy who cried “wolf!”? I assume most of you do, but the basic moral of the story (as we teach it to children) is that be careful what tricks you pull, because otherwise when you really need help someone might think you are playing a trick on them. Read more »
When they and their ancestors made offerings to the Queen of Heaven, they had plenty of food and things went well for them. The Queen of Heaven was obviously a god different from the God of Israel. Have you ever had the experience or seen the reality that these folks describe? Have you seen someone Read more »
We have an interesting story in chapter 35. There are these people called the Rekabites. Their forefathers told them they were not allowed to drink wine, they must never build houses, sow seeds or plant vineyards, you must always live in tents. Strange as it may seem, the Rekabites have kept these rules passed down Read more »
Have you ever been in a place of despair? I”m talking you just can’t take one more thing going wrong. Maybe it’s just one big thing, or maybe its 15 little things. Either way, you want to run away, hide, and just quit. Life has gotten to hard and you can’t take one more thing. Read more »
“Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so will I watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord. (32:28) I think sometimes this is something we have to spend more time wrestling with. God is the one who brought the calamity Read more »
Habakkuk is written in the generation prior to the Babylonian captivity. At the outset of the book, you see that injustice reigns in Judah, and in an astounding turn of events, God chooses to raise up a foreign nation to execute judgment. Really? Babylon will be raised up because God says so, in order that Read more »
I don’t know why, but these are some of my absolute favorite chapters in all of the Bible. Totally weird, I know. We start in chapter 26 with a warning, but also a promise. God provides a prophet to warn the people and call them back to the good way, the righteous path. If Read more »