But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. Joel 3:19 Think of it this way: those who reject God will be desolate, a waste where nothing of value (think “love”) will grow. If you spend your life rejecting Jesus (“I don’tContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 1 December 2022. Today’s topic: This Christmas”
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Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 20 December 2021. Today’s topic: Like Another Christmas
“At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries willContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 20 December 2021. Today’s topic: Like Another Christmas”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 20 January 2021 Today’s topic: The Fate of Edom
On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. Obadiah 11 (NIV). One of the things that God is telling us in this verse is that we can’t stand by while others cause harm without becoming likeContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 20 January 2021 Today’s topic: The Fate of Edom”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 19 January 2021 Today’s topic: Our Leader Forgives
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever. Obadiah 10 (NIV). Esau forgave Jacob. Jacob had wronged Esau by taking Esau’s birthright (which Esau had, until then, held in very low regard). So Jacob fled and lived in trepidation of his older twin until theContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 19 January 2021 Today’s topic: Our Leader Forgives”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 18 January 2021 Today’s topic: Defeating Teman
Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter. Obadiah 9 (NIV). At the end of all time, the greatest military ever will be incapable of firing back at the Lord. When Jesus returns, all the assembled weapons of the most highly trained armies on the earthContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 18 January 2021 Today’s topic: Defeating Teman”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 14 January 2021 Today’s topic: More Godder Than God
“In that day,” declares the Lord, “will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?” Obadiah 8 (NIV). God can easily thwart the intelligence, the knowledge, the pride, and any achievement by mankind. If you noodle that thought enough, I think you’ll find it was one of the factorsContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 14 January 2021 Today’s topic: More Godder Than God”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 12 January 2021 Today’s topic: Jesus, Not Things
But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged. Obadiah 6 (NIV). Back to Edom. After reminding us that the mighty will be brought down in the terrible days of the end, Obadiah brings us back to his prophecy of how Edom, the unbelieving descendants of Esau, will be one of them. Hint: soContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 12 January 2021 Today’s topic: Jesus, Not Things”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 7 January 2021 Today’s topic: Hubris and Space
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord. Obadiah 4 (NIV). Continuing on the theme that nobody is too big to fall down, consider the American space program. The American manned space program began with Project Mercury, which put Americans in spaceContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 7 January 2021 Today’s topic: Hubris and Space”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 6 January 2021 Today’s topic: What About Us?
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocksand make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’. Obadiah 3 (NIV). None of us are too big for our britches. There isn’t one person alive on planet EarthContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 6 January 2021 Today’s topic: What About Us?”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 5 January 2021 Today’s topic: Big For Our Britches
See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised. Obadiah 2(NIV). We, who are foot-soldier’s in the Lord’s Army of believers, who constantly need reminders that He is with us and over us, need to remember that we can become too big for our britches. My wife and I are watching,Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 5 January 2021 Today’s topic: Big For Our Britches”
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