When I read Jonah’s prayer in Chapter 2, I am inclined to think that it’s such a great prayer.It speaks about God hearing the cry of his children, and I even found it sounded like some of the Psalms. But the more you look at it, the more you must question its sincerity. The…
Isaiah 40:28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;31 but they who…
Context David’s son Absolum had killed his brother Amnon and, knowing he was in trouble, went into hiding. At this point, David was probably in a difficult place. He knew his son was wrong in killing his other son, but he also loved his son Absolum. So, this woman came to the King with…
David is such a great example of a man whose heart was for the Lord. Even though he was not perfect, he didn’t continue in his sin; he repented. And you can see from the scriptures that God thought that David was an example of an exemplary servant of God. And if thou wilt…
Psalm 100 1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and…
1 Kings 11:9-10 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept (samar – h8104) not that which the Lord commanded. 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as…
Isaiah 53:1-4 1Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should…
Solomon was blessed with great wisdom from God. The Bible tells us that he was wise beyond measure. He was the wisest of all men. 1 Kings 4:29-34 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the…
The words of the song below are so profound. They are so beautiful yet so heavy, scary and wonderful. We have the privilege of looking at the mistakes of others, learn from them and do better. The song explains how God so lovingly cared for Israel as a mother bird and called them the…
Let it be that when the time is up, we can rejoice in our mourning because we will miss them but we know that they are with the Lord.