“Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of ourContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 11 October 2021. Today’s topic: God is God and I’m Not”
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Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 5 October 2021. Today’s topic: Only Jesus Can Give
“Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinnedContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 5 October 2021. Today’s topic: Only Jesus Can Give”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 29 March 2021 Today’s topic: Pretty Amazing
When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. Jonah 3:10 (NIV). Pretty amazing, don’t you think? Ninevah deserves to be smacked down for all the flavors of evil it cherished, but they become repentant so God relents. AllContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 29 March 2021 Today’s topic: Pretty Amazing”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 3 February 2021 Today’s topic: Exiles
This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan will possess the land as far as Zarephath; the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev. Obadiah 20 (NIV). The exiles: that’s us. Sure, Obadiah’s prophecy directly referred to the Jews who had been taken captive in Babylon. God would returnContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 3 February 2021 Today’s topic: Exiles”
Practical Proverbial, from Jude, 14 December 2020 Today’s topic: Listen to Enoch
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” Jude 14-15 (NIV). There are twoContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jude, 14 December 2020 Today’s topic: Listen to Enoch”
Practical Proverbial, from 2 Peter, 2 November 2020. Today’s topic: Beginning Ending
Exciting News! Our new site is up and running! We will shortly be moving these posts over to it and sunsetting the previous site. Check out aspiringwriterdt.com so that you don’t miss out!!! But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of waterContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from 2 Peter, 2 November 2020. Today’s topic: Beginning Ending”
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