Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Job was a man who greatly loved God and his family. The name Job means persecuted or hated. “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.” {Job 1:1} “The country he lived in was the land of Uz, in the eastern part of Arabia, which lay towards Chaldea, near Euphrates, probably not far from Ur of […]
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Ruth watched helplessly as her mother-in-law lost her husband and then her two sons. Naomi became bitter and disheartened. {Ruth 1:13} However, when Naomi tried to send Ruth away, she refused to go telling her “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I […]
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This Is My Father’s World was written by Maltbie Davenport Babcock in 1901. Babcock was a minister living in Lockport, New York. He enjoyed taking frequent walks along the Niagara Escarpment which provided a “panoramic vista of upstate New York scenery and Lake Ontario.” Upon leaving for his walk, he would tell his wife Katherine, he was “going out to […]
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El Nekamoth means God that avengeth. He is the God (El) who avenges (Nekamoth) me, who subdues nations under me, Psalm 18:47
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Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship in The Runaway Bride. She is determined not to make a bad choice, as two very different men via for her hand. Lt. Richard Drummond is a Naval officer while Peter Kelly is the town’s baker, both interested in the wealthy young woman. While Arabella struggles with her own fears, […]
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While living in Egypt, Joseph took a wife and had two sons. His sons were Manasseh which means to forget and Ephraim, meaning fruitful. The most we learn about Joseph as a father, is when he takes them to visit his own father Israel {Jacob}. “The time drawing nigh that Israel must die… Joseph, hearing of his father’s sickness, goes […]
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Although David has already been anointed to be King, he has to wait until the proper time. {1 Samuel 16:13} He could have taken matters into his own hands, but this would be going against the Lord. Instead, he served King Saul faithfully. However, there’s a problem. King Saul hates David and wants to kill him. He tries several times […]
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I Would Be True is a hymn written by Howard A. Walter in 1906. He is credited with writing the first three verses while living in Japan. He sent the lyrics to his mother and she forwarded them on to Harper’s Magazine, who published them. The last three verses are attributed to S. Ralph Harlow around 1918. According […]
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El Kanna means jealous God. “— for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” Exodus 34:14 “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate […]
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Katie Orr does a wonderful job of inspiring and uplifting in her book Secrets of the Happy Soul. As someone who struggles with depression, this book provides tips and strategies to help me cope and process events better. Whether you struggle with melancholy or need a pick me up, you’ll enjoy the lessons and real life examples provided to incorporate […]
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Judah was one of the sons of Jacob and is the line from which the Messiah descends. But, what do we know about him as a father? “here Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua {means cry for help}. He married her and made love to her.” {Genesis 38:2} She had three sons: Er—means watchman Onan—means pain, force […]
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Have you ever longed for something the ache was unbearable? Hannah did. She longed to be a mother. Matters were only made worse when her husband’s other wife kept having children and taunting her for it. {1 Samuel 1:1-8} When they went to the temple for House of the Lord, Hannah had been provoked so much she wept. {! Samuel […]
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This beautiful song was written around 1970 by Dottie Rambo. Dottie felt inspired to write a song about the grace of God, but had been unable to finish the song. After a concert, she visited her brother who was dying of cancer and given only weeks to live. She prayed for him and encouraged him to give his […]
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El Hakabodh means the God of Glory. The voice of the Lord is over the waters;the God of glory (El Hakabodh) thunders,the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. Psalm 29:3
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Lauren Bailey is tired of one heartache after another. She sets out to fulfill her greatest desire to become a mother. However, she’s blindsided by substitute teacher, Joshua Avery. He relentlessly pursues her, until she has to choose between her two greatest desires. Can she have both or will she have to let go of one for the other? Nicole […]
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In More than We Remember by Christian Suzann Nelson three women’s lives collide on one night. Addison Kilbourn’s husband is involved in a car accident leaving a woman dead and more secrets than answers. Emilia Cruz is determined to see justice carried out, but part of her drive hides the pain she carries of caring for her own injured husband […]
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Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and has a twin brother, Esau. “Jacob is an outstanding illustration of the presence and conflict of the two natures within a believer. Similar to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, Jacob is good and bad; he rises and falls, yet in spite of his failures was a […]
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Job went through some very uncertain and difficult times. When we meet him, he is blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. {Job 1:1} He is described as “the greatest man among all the people of the East.” {Job 1:3} But God tells Satan he can test him and within hours Job receives word all ten of his children, a […]
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Scripture promises Jesus will return and only God in heaven knows the day and hour. Not even Jesus or the angels know when he will return. {Mark 13:32} Luke 21:28 says, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” The song was written by Gordon Jensen […]
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Isaac was the favored and long promised son of Abraham and his wife, Sarah. The name Isaac means laughter. “Isaac is one of the few cases in the Bible in which God selected a name for a child and announced it before he was born.” {All the Men of the Bible} He marries Rebekah, but like his parents they wait […]
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