Tag: Lord
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Beyond Nineveh
Taking the long view – Beyond Nineveh and Nazareth “Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live. Ezekiel 18:23 NLT You may remember the story of the Prophet Jonah, a ‘follower’ of God who turned…
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The Curse of Disease and Death – 3
Moses & Joseph, Two Paths to the Palace Joseph suffered prior to his blessing more like Job than Moses. He had no choice in his suffering, except his choice of response. Isn’t that how our suffering most impacts others, by our godly response? Blessed be the Lord! In part two of this series about our…
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The Curse of Disease and Death – 2
Moses, Privilege of the Wilderness In part one of this series about our attitude toward disease and death we briefly examined a story from the oldest book of the Bible, Job. Job was well-to-do, he had then lost nearly everything including his health, yet he blessed the Lord. Today we examine part of a too-familiar story…
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Padiddle
Padiddle ‘Padiddle,’ it came to me as I was driving home at dusk one evening. Padiddle, where did that come from? Then I remembered. I had not grown up with it, for our family had played other travel games in the car. In fact, as I observed a car in traffic with no lights on…
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Balaam – Inauguration of a Politician’s Prophet – 2
Previously For those of you who missed Part 1 of our story of Balaam, we began by noting Balaam’s best inaugural speech in Numbers 24, to which we will return chronologically in Part 3. Now turning back to some background and the beginning of our story, King Balak of Moab sent diplomats to Balaam to…
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Balaam – Inauguration of a Politician’s Prophet – 1
Prophesy of a man with eyes to see Numbers 24: “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened, 4 the oracle of him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered: 5 How lovely are…
