Though the fig tree should not blossom nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fruit and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God my salvation. God, the Lord, Is my strength; he makes my feet like the deers; he makes me tread on my high places. Habbakkuk 3:17-19 I will rejoice in the Lord! Habakkuk did not serve God because of what God could give him. He personally served God because he personally knew who God is. The sovereign…
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Still I Will Have Hope In God
Though he slays me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. Job 13:15 Job! Poor, pathetic Job. A man who lost everything in his life. Yet he kept his faith. Job knew God’s goodness. Whatever God allowed to happen to Job, whatever suffering he endured, even if God slew him (end his life), Job believed that God wouldn’t fail him. Now that is faith. It might not look like faith to us. Job had so many things taken from him. His livestock, his children, sickness. He went through a lot of affliction. His own wife told him to end his life. How many of us…
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The Help Of Our God
so the wall was finished on the twenty – fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty- two days. And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they preceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. Nehemiah 6:15-16 Do the enemies ever go away? The wall around Jerusalem was built, and their enemies were still causing trouble. Nehemiah, their leader, depended completely on God for his gudiance, protection, and strength. The wall was finish because God was with his people. The wall was finished because God was with his people.…
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Faith When Terrified
Then Hezekiah, the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven. And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the King of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came onto the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with their swords. So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on…
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Believe In The Lord Your God
And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness to Tekoa. and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed. 2 Chronicles 20:20 Please read 2 Chronicles 20:20-24 Jehoshaphat spoke to his soldiers to not put trust in their armor but to believe in God. To give God credit in his word from the prophets. Jehoshaphat assured them they would prosper and succeed. Through their faith, they praised and gave thanks to God. They praised his holiness. they kept a day…
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God Alone
So now, O Lord our God, save us, please from his hands that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone. 2 Kings 19:19 Please read this whole passage for context. 2 Kings 19:19-36 If we truly love God, this prayer of Hezekiah is a good example for us. Hezekiah wanted God to be honored. He wanted the Lord to prove and accomplish his purposes. Moses and David also showed this kind of example of prayer. We also must show this kind of faith in our prayers. We must boldly identify with God and his purposes. We should uphold his reputation. and…
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A Mother’s Faith
When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. So he went in and shut the door behind the two fo them and prayed to the Lord. Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm. Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. Then he summoned Gehazi…
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Faith Through Prayer Intercession
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked and said,” There is nothing.” And he said, “Go again,” seven times. And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, a little cloud like a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go u, say…
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God’s Help
And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” And Joshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites , the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. Be hold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing before you into the Jordan. Now therefore take twelve men from each tribe a man. And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the…
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Heavy Hands
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of GOd in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his…