TITHE God promises to rebuke the devourer for tithers. Devourer. That's an interesting word. A word that makes me think immediately of the Tasmanian Devil. Not Bugs Bunny's nemesis, but the animal that haunts the dark nights of the island. The devil is about the size of a cocker spaniel, but don't let…

Introduccion El segundo libro de Reyes nos presenta tres milagros que Eliseo realizo a favor de los hijos de los profetas; la limpieza de la comida envenenada, la multiplicacion de la comida y finalmente el hacha recuperada. Hoy estudiaremos el tercer milagro y en este podemos identificar el problema,…

PROVIDENCE Cooling down after practice, Daniel had taken one last dive and his neck struck the bottom of the concrete pool. Daniel sustained damage to C-3, C-4, and C-5 vertebrae of his spine. Two fusion operations followed and the surgeon was successful in preventing paralysis, but Daniel's parents…

Psalm 18 is a wonderful summary of praise and thanksgiving for God’s protection over the course of David’s life. The Psalm is repeated nearly identical in 2 Samuel 22. Psalm 18 recounts God’s protection and the reason for God’s protection with beautiful imagery – calling God his strength, rock, and fortress.

1 Kings 17:8-14 Then the word of the Lord came to him: [9] ‘Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.’ [10] So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow woman gathering…

INTRODUCCION En el ministerio del profeta Eliseo hemos podio conocer mejor a Dios, hemos visto su juicio severo en contra del pecado, su misericordia otorgada a un general enemigo de Israel, su poder en medio de un problema imposible de resolver. Es a traves de estos eventos que Dios usa a Eliseo para…

Preached to the National Ladies Auxillary of the Philippines 34th Annual

Nahum is a prophetic book promising the freedom of Israel from Assyrian rule and the total destruction of Nineveh. In the first chapter, Nahum describes God as working in two important ways. The book begins with a repeated description of God as zealous and vengeful. The author emphasizes God's power over water, land, and people (1:4-5). Nahum then questions the wisdom of rebelling against God. (1:6, 9) The entire section culminates in the prophetic promise of the total destruction of the city of Nineveh. (1:12-14) Though the main focus is God's vengeance against Nineveh; it also emphasizes that God is slow to anger (v. 3), a refuge to his people (v. 7), and Good (v. 7). As whole, Nahum defends God's justice emphasizing his goodness and patience along with his demand for vengeance.

Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" (NASB) I consider myself to be an honest man. Partly because it is the right thing to be, but also because I agree with Mark…

One day a woman was rushing home from a doctor’s appointment. The doctor had been somewhat delayed at the hospital, and the lab work took a little longer than usual so by the time she left the clinic she was running quite a bit behind schedule. She still had to pick up her prescription, pick up the children…

Faced Any “Lions” this week? Any one here this morning a cat person? I personally do not like cats, I am allergic to them for one thing…but there is just something about cats that just disturbs me… they can stare you down for hours with this evil look (show picture of evil cat )...I just don’t like them…I…

Close your eyes and imagine the following: God the Father - nice old man with a beard? God the Son - Pic of Jesus or Jesus on the cross Holy Spirit - The bible gives us some descriptions. John 3 says he is like the wind. We can picture what the wind does, but we really can’t se it. To most of us, the…

Genesis 37:18-24 "When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. [19] And they said to one another, 'Here comes this dreamer! [20] Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured…

Lamentations 3:22-24 “[Because of] the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. [23] They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! [24] I say: The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him.” (HCSB) Arthur Winston was a model of faithfulness. He was known…

Defence from attack, hurt or exploitation. The ultimate protector is God but he also uses others in defending the weak and needy.

God will soverigenly protect His people

Reminders Isaiah 40 begins a new major section in Isaiah It is mostly prophetic and future. Chapters 40-48 deal with things that will happen 170 plus years in the future when Judah is in captivity in Babylon. God gives Isaiah words of comfort for His people that even though they are in captivity and…

ME: Superficial conversations - How are you? Fine! Good . Okay. I try to answer honestly. But sometimes it feels easier to tell a simple lie. There are some moments, some days, some seasons where when someone asks me how I’m doing I should say, I’m Not okay. I may look fine, talk/act normal. But if I’m…

Weakness means we don’t have what it takes. It means we are neither sovereign nor omniscient, nor invincible. We are not in control, we don’t know everything, and we can be stopped. Weakness means that we desperately need God. And the plea for my own soul, and for yours, is that we would embrace weakness, not despise it.

In the course of our lives, we will be hurt. The world is filled with broken relationships. People offend and are offended so easily. You will get hurt in life. Maybe you have been hurt by what people said about you… by what someone thought about you… You may have been hurt by what people have done to…