God is the one who turns barrenness into fruitfulness, life and abundance, and this is what he gave to man at the very beginning (life and abundance). At the very beginning,g God changed the earth’s formlessness and void into light and order. He is a God who wants to bless us and turn our…
Jacob had two names. He was Jacob at birth, and later, he was renamed to Israel. In the Bible we often learn that names have great significance, often reflecting the character of the person. It’s such an amazing concept that so many people were named from birth, and later, we see how meaningful that…
Genesis 28:15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” God promised to be with Jacob and to keep him. He said he would not leave Jacob…
Ruth 3:1-6 3 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? 2 Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. 3 Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down…
God has been good to humankind, and he continues to be. He creates beauty and delight and blesses us with it. But then the test comes, and we fail and reap the consequences. But our good God does not forget us. He remembers us and turns our folly around for good and provides blessing…
Genesis 15:4-6 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” And he believed the Lord,…
Deuteronomy 4:33-35 33 Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a…
After Moses died, the Lord spoke to Joshua, instructing and encouraging him. The Lord told Joshua that he would be with him. God said that he would not fail or forsake Joshua and that he should be strong and of good courage and observe the law (Joshua 1). The Lord told him not to…
Exodus 34:6-7The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on…
When life gets rough, and things don’t go the way we hope, we can feel defeated. But it’s exactly in these times when it feels the most impossible and hopeless that we must press forward and believe in the hope that God provides. We need to have that hope for what we cannot see….
