The urgency of prayer
... you think of prayer, think of being with God. Just as the Israelites in the Old Testament were powerless against their enemies whenever God was not fighting with them, we also stand no chance against any ...
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Faithful prayer
Joshua 10:12-15: On the day the Lord gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the Lord in front of all the people of Israel. He said, “Let the sun stand still over Gibeon and ...
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.
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The Power of God’s word
... God talked about a new covenant with the Israelites’, which he will write on their hearts. This covenant has to do with his words which he will write in their hearts. Today through Jesus’s sacrifice on ...
Don't ignore Go
... The Israelites were a people that God “chose” for Himself as a treasured possession (Deuteronomy 7:6); a people that He loved and wanted the very best for. How frustrating it must have been for Him to ...
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 ...
Trapped in the fire
... The journey took hours but was filled with songs of praise to God for his love and mercy. A few metres to my destination, something happened but the God who delivered the Israelites from Egypt and Daniel ...
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 ...
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 ...
Life is war
... 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 ...
The urgency of prayer
... you think of prayer, think of being with God. Just as the Israelites in the Old Testament were powerless against their enemies whenever God was not fighting with them, we also stand no chance against any ...
Bitterness
... you uncomfortable can actually cause you bitterness.
Some causes of bitterness are intense suffering like the Israelites in Egypt (Ex. 1:14) and the health challenges of Job (Job 7:11). Bitterness may ...
A legacy in God’s Kingdom
... of Arimathea was a rich man and a prominent member of the Jewish council according to scriptures (Matthew 27:57, Mark 15:43). Because of fear and intimidation by his colleagues and Israelites, he could ...
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 ...
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 ...
If the foundations be destroyed
... impunity. The laws of God were treated with contempt. The Israelites became stiff-necked, and everybody did as he thought pleasing in his eyes (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The foundation of Israel was destroyed ...
Consistency with God
... him and keep his commandments.” In Exodus 3:14 (NIV), He continues to assure Moses and the Israelites of the uniformity in his behaviour; His being never changes. “God said to Moses, “I am who I am”. This ...
Fear not
... (Luke 22:54-57). Apostle Peter was scared of drowning when he walked on the sea with Jesus. The Apostles were scared of drowning in the sea when Jesus was sleeping among them in the boat. The Israelites ...
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 ...
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 ...