Bible Characters & Stories – Page 24

16 March 2012

37. Always run to the Word

When I studied the book of Amos, the prophet, there was one thing that stood out for me. But before I tell you, I would just quickly tell you who...

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9 March 2012

36. Working too hard?

I was reading through the Psalms this morning and something struck me very hard. It was Psalm 127:2: “It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning...

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1 March 2012

35. We are all God’s children

I read a very interesting thing the other day and it made me so grateful once again that Jesus came to save us. You all know about the events surrounding...

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24 February 2012

34. Trust God

The more I read the Bible, the more I realize that we can truly trust God. He alone knows the future and He alone knows what is best for us....

7. Noah’s prophecy(2)

Last week I talked about the prophecy Noah made over his three sons. You will remember that I said that he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham and said that...

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10 February 2012

6. Noah’s prophecy (1)

I learned about the amazing prophecy that Noah made this week from the teachings of Roger Price and I thought that you will find it as interesting as I did....

5. Why Noah was safe in the ark (4)

Why was Noah safe in the ark? We have looked at three reasons in answer to our question: God shut him in. God designed the ark in such a way...

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27 January 2012

4. Why Noah was safe in the ark (3)

Why was Noah safe in the ark? We have been pondering this question over the past two weeks and have come up with the following two answers: Because God shut...

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20 January 2012

3. Why Noah was safe in the ark (2)

We are continuing with the theme of drawing parallels between Christ’s atonement for us and Noah’s ark. We have asked the question last week: Why was Noah safe in the...

2. Why Noah was safe in the ark (1)

We spoke last week of the similarity between the tar used by Noah to cover the ark and the word ‘atonement’ used to symbolize the effects which flowed from the...

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6 January 2012

1. Similarities between Noah’s ark and Jesus

I currently have the privilege of attending a bible study where we are listening to the teachings of Roger Price, a late bible teacher from England. Now for the next...

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30 December 2011

33. Message for 2012

This is the beginning of a new year, 2012 and what a privilege it is to be able to experience it. What a privilege to experience life! God has wonderful...

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23 December 2011

32. Christmas 2011

I had another devotion planned for this week, but the Lord intervened. He took me back a year ago to the devotion I wrote on Christmas 2010 and He told...

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16 December 2011

30. Trusting God to know what is best for you

I read the most interesting verse the other day. It was about the journey of the Israelites in the Wilderness and how they complained and complained to God the whole...

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9 December 2011

29. Seek the Lord in all things

Last night I once again experienced how great our God is! He is awesome and the Creator of the Universe, but what struck me last night was that He was...

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2 December 2011

28. Feeding the Holy Spirit

I lay awake last night due to one of my boys being sick. At 03:30 I got him to sleep and I went back to my bed. I tried to...

27. The body of Christ

The other day I was at a coffee shop with a lovely kiddies play area. My two sons were playing while I was keeping an eye on them. I noticed...

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18 November 2011

26. Thank the Lord for everything

These days my two boys argue about who will pray before we eat our dinner, so we let them both pray. The two year old prays in his own language,...

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11 November 2011

25. Do not follow the herd

I get together a lot with friends and then we each bring something to eat and enjoy the time together. Now obviously there are always very delectable things to eat....

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4 November 2011

24. Heaven rejoices over you

This morning I went for a walk in the Estate where we live. We have lovely parks with some of the natural vegetation left by the developers. Now this morning...

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