11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!12 Yet God my King is from of old,working salvation in the midst of the earth.13 You divided the sea by your might;you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.14 You crushedContinue reading “Psalm 74: 11-18….God’s Power mocked”
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Psalm 73: 18-28….Some can write powerfully!
Introduction: This is the third day looking at Psalm 73. Yesterday’s section ended with ‘Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.’ The psalm is about the Psalmist feeling envious and being tempted to give up the struggle, which it often is, to do the right thing all the timeContinue reading “Psalm 73: 18-28….Some can write powerfully!”
Psalm 73: 9-17….What if I give in?
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,and their tongue struts through the earth. – Yesterday we ended with a person trying to fool us that God isn’t important in life. Success and wealth and status are the important thing10 Therefore his people turn back to them,and find no fault in them.11 And they say,Continue reading “Psalm 73: 9-17….What if I give in?”
Psalm 73: 1-9….A caricature of the rebellious!
Introduction: Asaph was apparently worship leader during some of Solomon’s reign and into Rehoboam’s time on the throne. He was a very important Levite. This is the first psalm in Book Three of the Psalms. There are five subdivisions in the Psalms thought by many to be one for each of the five books ofContinue reading “Psalm 73: 1-9….A caricature of the rebellious!”
1John 5: 13-21….Final Advice from an aged saint!
Introduction: I remember flying over the Sahara desert in a small 2 seater plane, caught in a sandstorm flying far too close to sea level! There were no ways of knowing where we were going except by visual sightings! We needed to find a road running East-West for us to follow to Galmi. We wereContinue reading “1John 5: 13-21….Final Advice from an aged saint!”
1 John 3: 11-18….Love exampled and Ignored!
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers,Continue reading “1 John 3: 11-18….Love exampled and Ignored!”
1 John 2: 15-22….Who should we follow?
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from theContinue reading “1 John 2: 15-22….Who should we follow?”
John 11: 45-55….The Plot to Kill Jesus
Introduction: If you read my devotionals daily then four days ago you will have read what caused what you are reading about today. Lazarus was raised from the dead! The background: Step one! Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, but some ofContinue reading “John 11: 45-55….The Plot to Kill Jesus”
Matt 18: 1-14….Three mini but pointed sermonettes!
1-6 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Continue reading “Matt 18: 1-14….Three mini but pointed sermonettes!”
Mark 15: 33-41….The Unimaginable!
And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he isContinue reading “Mark 15: 33-41….The Unimaginable!”