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... Promised Land, Israel had to fight a lot of wars. Though Israelites were promised a land, it was not taken easily. Why should a child of God go through challenges? Israel was the only chosen nation by ...
Taking God’s love for granted
... (Deuteronomy 7:7-8). Therefore, to wonder and question, “How has God loved us?”, tells it all, that indeed something was amiss. (Luke 24:29)
The Israelites had already suffered multiple captivities (by ...
Wait upon the Lord
... example for us. Not waiting for the Lord has terrible consequences. We lose the favor of God like King Saul (1 Samuel 13:1-14). We delay God’s planned blessings for us like the Israelites in the wilderness ...
Do we know the God we serve?
“Moses said to God, suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, the God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, what is His name? Then what shall I tell them? God said to Moses, I AM ...
What God do you serve?
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In our fast paced society we value few things more than our time and apparently, from the story we just read, so did the Israelites. I can imagine them saying something like “I would love to do more ...
Be Bold
... with many uncertainties and challenges especially getting into an unknown situation. Joshua had been a companion with Moses in leading the Israelites at the long journey in the wilderness to Canaan. After ...
Wisdom and Temptation
... to us when we read a story like this but often times in our life it is not so easy. Whenever I think of this I’m reminded of Joshua speaking to the Israelites:
Joshua 24:14-18 says: “Now fear the Lord ...
Come out from among them
... Habakkuk 1:13). During the Mosaical dispensation, the LORD Almighty, through his servant Moses made it clear to the Israelites His ordinances on holiness. There were detailed regulations on holiness in ...
Following our God
... over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s ...
Be led, be safe, and be saved
... through the Red Sea for the Israelites, He continues to make a way for those who put their trust in Him.
"Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene,
Till the night of your fear is gone;
He will send ...
Obey me fully
... from God through Moses to the people of Israel before God handed them the Ten Commandments and the other laws. Man, from Adam, through the Israelites to this present generation has been choosy when it ...
He is the God of possibilities- just trust and obey
... came their way, they long forgot that the Lord was with them. At the end of the day, at the Lord’s own appropriate time, the Israelites attested to the fact that the Lord fulfilled all His promises.
I ...
He is the God of possibilities- just trust and obey
... came their way, they long forgot that the Lord was with them. At the end of the day, at the Lord’s own appropriate time, the Israelites attested to the fact that the Lord fulfilled all His promises.
I ...
Standing still
... to trust in God’s power and provision. Through a compelling illustration of Moses, the Israelites, and the miraculous workings of God, we are reminded that faith, not fear, should guide our steps.
The ...
A message of hope
... that it took the effort of one man, Jeremiah, to carry the comforting words (words of hope) from God to the Israelites in exile. It is expected that, the Israelites would be filled with joy to know that ...
Ungratefulness
"All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert! Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by ...
Christ our refuge
“Then the Lord said to Joshua: “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee ...
Wait upon the Lord
... example for us. Not waiting for the Lord has terrible consequences. We lose the favor of God like King Saul (1 Samuel 13:1-14). We delay God’s planned blessings for us like the Israelites in the wilderness ...
Filled with Joy
... all the power to respond to anything that happens to us. In the Old Testament, the Israelites lost the joy of serving the Lord on many occasions because they became concerned more with material things ...
Wait upon the Lord
... example for us. Not waiting for the Lord has terrible consequences. We lose the favor of God like King Saul (1 Samuel 13:1-14). We delay God’s planned blessings for us like the Israelites in the wilderness ...