A Reminder to Try Our Hearts Always Hezekiah reigned as King of Judah after his Father, King Ahaz. His Father did not do what was right in the eyes of God (2 Kings 16:1, 2 Kings 16:20). However, Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to David his father…
Israel spent forty years in the wilderness, and if we don’t look closely, it seems like a lot of wasted time. But God was purposeful in what He was doing. He was testing Israel and teaching them His ways. Israel failed God’s test, and we would have failed too if put in their shoes….
It is so easy to think that I am nobody and there is nothing special about me. To think that there are so many people better than I. Many have great talents, who prosper in much and who are favoured by many. It is so easy to think of myself as weak, and I…
Relationship God created man and established a culture of relationship with him. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and…
This blessing is taken from Numbers, and it was a blessing over God’s people. But as I look closer at “The LORD make his face shine upon you”, I wonder what does this mean? The Strong’s Bible Dictionary tells me that shine here means to be or become light, to shine, to illuminate and…
The Fear of the Lord is Significant When you read the Word, you get the idea that the fear of the Lord is extremely significant, but this topic can be a difficult one to grasp. It seems like the hidden truth of this fear lies in the Word itself. Proverbs 19:23 The fear of…
Deuteronomy :4-8 “Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.Not because of your righteousness or the…
The Bible tells us that God says He is a jealous God. This statement can be confusing because we think of jealousy in terms of how the world defines it. But what God is saying here is different from the selfish worldly jealousy we know. The world defines jealousy as fiercely protective or vigilant…
A few places in the Bible speak of God regretting some decision He made towards man and how it grieved His heart. He regretted that He made man, He regretted, making Saul King over Israel, and it grieved His heart that Israel, His chosen people, rebelled against Him. The word used for grief (Genesis…
Most of the time, it is what we choose to believe that’s important. Do we choose to believe God, or do we choose to believe the things that we see right in front of us? We know that the word tells us that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against forces…
