Posted in Religion, tagged Assyria, chariots, Egypt, help, Hezekiah, horses, resources, trust on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. Isaiah 31:1.
At the time to which these verses in [...]
Posted in Religion, tagged Caleb, fruit of the Spirit, grapes, kingdom of God, the land on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. They gave Moses this account: “We [...]
Posted in Religion, tagged discipline, Eliphaz, exile, hardship, Job, sickness, sonship, suffering on April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. Job 5.17-18.
It is a fact that God disciplines his children. I might (misguidedly) wish it were otherwise, but it is not. The writer of [...]
