Tag: david
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Achan and David
19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: 21When I saw in the plunder…
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The King and His Cross
19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not…
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Balaam’s Star
17“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.–Numbers 24
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A Shepherd-Like Miracle
39Then [Jesus] commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the…
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The Perceiver of Hearts
5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said…
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God Meets Us Where We Are
1Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”–Matthew 2 The magi will teach us something…
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How David Saw His Situation
1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.4For my iniquities have gone over my…
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Respond Like David
6Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.7The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.–Psalm 28 If you exclusively follow Jesus in faith and are intentional about glorifying God, then…
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Forever Hope
6…and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.—Psalm 23 I doubt that David had as nuanced of an understanding of the life to come as we do. Most of us grew up with the ‘everlasting life’ of John 3:16. But David seems to proclaim that Yahweh’s house provides both an identity and security. A…
Joel M Bradshaw 