Bible Characters & Stories – Page 5

20 September 2021

4. Use your God given emotional intelligence

As we saw last week Joseph wasn’t really popular with his brothers. He tells tales about them to his father and he is clearly more loved by their father than...

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14 September 2021

3. Treat all people the same

As we have learned last week, Joseph was born into a house filled with jealousy. His aunt was jealous of his mom due to his father’s devotion to her and...

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7 September 2021

2. God can bring good out of any situation

In order to understand the situation into which Joseph was born into, we need to have a look at his parents. His father was Jacob and his mother was Rachel....

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1 September 2021

1. There is only one way to go and that is UP

I am so excited to start with our new series on the life of Joseph. God placed Joseph specifically on my heart and I truly believe that it is because...

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28 June 2021

112. God’s perfect timing

I listened to a teaching by Joyce Meyer the other day and she spoke about the fact that we are never alone. God is always with us, in every circumstance...

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14 June 2021

110. Lessons from trees

I am busy finishing off my book, The Tree of life. God has been unveiling many interesting things to me concerning the Tree of life and how we can apply...

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7 June 2021

109. Be the vessel God wants you to be

Thank you for walking this journey of the life of David with me. I wrote this series from beginning to end in 2019. So each week when I posted a...

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31 May 2021

50. Stay close to God

Last week Solomon was crowned as king by David. And David, on his dying bed gave Solomon some advice. And the most important piece of advice was that Solomon must...

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24 May 2021

49. Be a superhero for God

Last week we learned that David sinned in taking a census of the fighting men. He wanted to do that in order to glory in his own power. God then...

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17 May 2021

48. Listen to God’s voice

Last week we had a look at the mighty men that helped David to reach his goal of becoming king. They weren’t valiant, mighty men to start off with, but...

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10 May 2021

47. God always sends us help

Last week we saw how David thanked and exalted God for saving them from the Philistines. David wrote God the most beautiful song of praise. And we learned that we...

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3 May 2021

46. Give thanks to God in all things

In the past couple of weeks we saw that David had a lot of opposition. First from within his own family and then from without. But he was God’s ordained...

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19 April 2021

45. God is for you

Last time we saw how Absalom was killed in his revolt against David. We saw how David bitterly wept for his son. David knew that this whole debacle was his...

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28 March 2021

108. Easter 2021

Last year Easter was really unique due to the hard lockdown we were under here in South Africa. We had to stay home and we were not allowed to go...

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15 March 2021

44. Appreciate those closest to you

Last week we saw how Shimei, a descendant of Saul, came in the ‘Name of the Lord’ and slandered David. He threw him with stones and cursed him using lies...

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8 March 2021

43. Beware of false prophets

Last week we saw how David had to flee from his own son, Absalom, who wanted to overthrow him as king over Israel. David had to flee Jerusalem, he and...

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1 March 2021

42. Keep on honoring God

Last week we saw how David took basically five years to welcome his son, Absalom back. After three years of living in Geshur, Absalom could come back to Jerusalem, and...

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22 February 2021

41. Forgive others and move on

Last week we saw how Absalom killed his half-brother Amnon for raping his sister, Tamar. Absalom harbored hatred and revenge for two years in his heart and when the time...

40. Do not harbor hatred and revenge

Last week we saw how David’s son, Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar. She begged him to marry her now, as it was a disgrace not to be a virgin anymore,...

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8 February 2021

39. Discipline your child

Last week we learned that God makes all things work together for our good. Good things and bad things. He will use all things to enrich us in the end...