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Genesis 21:14 Carried on Shoulders

Genesis 21:14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba. Carrying things on the shoulders and backs is theContinue reading “Genesis 21:14 Carried on Shoulders”

Genesis 16:2 Promises?

Genesis 16:2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. The people we listen to at critical moments in our lives can often alter the course of our lives for eitherContinue reading “Genesis 16:2 Promises?”

Genesis 12:6-8 Trees

Genesis 12:6-8 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who hadContinue reading “Genesis 12:6-8 Trees”

Genesis 8:21 Never Again

Genesis 8:21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. One of the most challenging things toContinue reading “Genesis 8:21 Never Again”

Genesis 6:9 Exceptions

Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. Our brains are trained to notice the things that are out of place. For some people, their lives are so chaotic that everything seems out ofContinue reading “Genesis 6:9 Exceptions”

Genesis 3:19 Back to Dust

Genesis 3:19 “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” Have you ever been demoted, moved backward in social status? Have you had a job taken away because of inabilityContinue reading “Genesis 3:19 Back to Dust”

Revelation 22:1-3 Life

Revelation 22:1-3 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yieldingContinue reading “Revelation 22:1-3 Life”

Revelation 16:1 Mercy

Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.” One of the struggles that some people have in believing in Jesus are the passages that speak about God’s wrath. “How can a loving God do suchContinue reading “Revelation 16:1 Mercy”

Revelation 14:1 Folding, Unfolding

Revelation 14:1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. Do you remember the challenge you might have had as a kid to fold a piece of paper onto itself more than sevenContinue reading “Revelation 14:1 Folding, Unfolding”

Revelation 8:1 Silence

Revelation 8:1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Silence is a very difficult thing for many people to handle. We so often fill our lives with sound. We have the TV playing in the background, or in the olden days, we had the radio. NowContinue reading “Revelation 8:1 Silence”