The feast of Purim, remembering how God save the people of Israel from certain destruction. On a personal level, Esther had a far from ideal start to her life being an orphan in a foreign land, yet as she looked to God He not only turned her personal situation around,...
In my devotion today, I noticed a portion of Ps 118: V. 6 The Lord is with me, I will not fear, what can man do to me, V. 7 The Lord is with me through my helpers, and I will face those who hate me (my translation from the Hebrew) In times of trouble we rightfully...
“For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the Lord…” Zep. 3:9 NKJV While this verse tells us that God is going to restore ‘a pure language’ to the peoples, it is not immediately clear which language the...
What to do in time of discouragement? It is time then to look back. Look back? Yes, look back over your life and all that has happened so far on life’s journey. As you look back, you will see mistakes and failures and things you wish didn’t turn out as...
2 Cor 1:4 describes God as the ‘God of all comfort’. Yes, He truly is a God who wipes away our tears, one who comforts us in time of loss and hardship, but there is more to the meaning of this word. The greek word translated ‘comfort’ does not...
“…. these are the beginnings of sorrows. Mark 13:8 KJV” In describing the difficulties leading up to the End of the Age, Jesus used a phrase that in some translations is translated ‘the beginning of sorrows’, and in others as ‘the...
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