Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to sendContinue reading “Acts 11: 27-30…. Concerned Giving.”
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Acts 11: 19-26…..A major step outwards for the church.
Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.Continue reading “Acts 11: 19-26…..A major step outwards for the church.”
Acts 11: 11-18……Be Careful not to oppose God
And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. And he told us how he had seen the angelContinue reading “Acts 11: 11-18……Be Careful not to oppose God”
Acts 11: 1-10……You can’t please everyone!
Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” But Peter began and explained it to them in order: “I wasContinue reading “Acts 11: 1-10……You can’t please everyone!”
Genesis 16: 12-16… Who would want to be labelled a ‘wild donkey of a man’?
You may remember that the Angel of the Lord met with Hagar, expelled from Abram’s household and sitting near a pool of water. Ishmael was to become her son’s name. He shall be a wild donkey of a man,his hand against everyoneand everyone’s hand against him,and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”So sheContinue reading “Genesis 16: 12-16… Who would want to be labelled a ‘wild donkey of a man’?”
Genesis 16: 7-12….Pregnant and on the street.
The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” The angel of the LORD said toContinue reading “Genesis 16: 7-12….Pregnant and on the street.”
Genesis 16: 3-6….Abram wasn’t the cause of infertility!
So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.Continue reading “Genesis 16: 3-6….Abram wasn’t the cause of infertility!”
Genesis 15: 17-16v2…..A covenant and a decision.
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the landContinue reading “Genesis 15: 17-16v2…..A covenant and a decision.”
Genesis 15: 12-16….Before your people get the Promised land.
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for fourContinue reading “Genesis 15: 12-16….Before your people get the Promised land.”
Genesis 15: 7-12…..Unusual!
And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goatContinue reading “Genesis 15: 7-12…..Unusual!”
As I read it! 