After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:2-4 Satan is a coward. HeContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 7 February 2023. Today’s topic: If Hungry”
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Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 8 April 2021 Today’s topic: God’s Q&A
But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from theirContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 8 April 2021 Today’s topic: God’s Q&A”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 25 March 2021 Today’s topic: Unexpected Miracles
This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and theirContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 25 March 2021 Today’s topic: Unexpected Miracles”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 3 March 2021 Today’s topic: Big Fish
Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17 (NIV). No, this isn’t Pinocchio; no, the ‘big fish’ wasn’t a whale. No, believe it or not, this isn’t some fairy tale or myth or impossible story. You know what this is? It’s history. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 3 March 2021 Today’s topic: Big Fish”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 26 January 2021 Today’s topic: Our Personal Marshall Plans
You should not wait at the crossroads to cut down their fugitives, nor hand over their survivors in the day of their trouble. Obadiah 14 (NIV). The Concordia Study Bible reference for this verse is from 1 Kings. It takes place during the life of Elijah, the great prophet. 1 Kings 18:4 outlines a differentContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 26 January 2021 Today’s topic: Our Personal Marshall Plans”
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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