Category: Uncategorized

  • Strength in Obedience 

    “So the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful. She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.”… So the woman bore…

  • Is it possible?

    “The Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please rescue us this day.” So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭10:15-16‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Yet again the Israelites were in great…

  • A Wise Response 

    “And the men of [the tribe of] Ephraim said to Gideon, “What is this thing that you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian?” And they quarreled with him vehemently. But he said to them, “What have I done now [that is so significant] in comparison with you?…

  • Afraid to Go Alone

    “Now on that same night the Lord said to Gideon, “Arise, go down against their camp, for I have given it into your hand. But if you are afraid to go down [by yourself], go with Purah your servant down to the camp, and you will hear what they say; and afterward you will have the…

  • Mothers, Arise

     “Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit [to hear and decide disputes] under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭4:4-5‬ ‭AMP‬‬ I’ve been accused of…

  • They did not know 

    “Also, all [the people of] that generation were gathered to their fathers [in death]; and another generation arose after them who did not know (recognize, understand) the Lord, nor even the work which He had done for Israel.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭AMP‬‬ This might be one of the saddest verses I’ve read – a generation arose…

  • For my own sake 

    ‬‬ ““Be very resolute to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the Torah of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right or to the left…But cling to Adonai your G-d, as you have done to this day…For your own sake, therefore, be most mindful to…

  • Rest from Conflict

    “The Lord gave them rest [from conflict] on every side, in accordance with everything that He had sworn to their fathers, and not one of all their enemies stood before them [in battle]; the Lord handed over all their enemies to them.” ‭‭Joshua‬ ‭21:44‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Conflict is defined as a fight or a battle, a failure in…

  • Just Go

      “There remained among the Israelites seven tribes who had not yet divided their inheritance. So Joshua asked them, “How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?Provide for yourselves three men from each tribe so that I may send them, and that…

  • Daddy’s Girl

    “Then she [rode up to Caleb and] dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” Achsah answered, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the [dry] land of the Negev (South country), give me springs of water, too.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.”…