Tag: war

• What Are Your Chariots?

  7Some trust in chariots and some in horses,but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.–Psalm 20 Think of chariots with horses as the military tanks of David’s day. The enemy Philistines (Goliath’s people) were known to deploy chariots by the thousands. Some historical resources claim that they even had as many as 30,000 chariots…

  bradshawjoel

  June 22, 2023

  psalms

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• Jesus and the Inner Person

  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 to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?–Mark 2 Many of us…

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  February 13, 2023

  mark

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• Are you fighting the war within you?

  24And now, O sons, listen to me,and be attentive to the words of my mouth.25Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;do not stray into her paths…–Proverbs 7 This is a chapter of the Bible that involves illicit sex. A married woman was pursuing a man. Adultery is wrong. Sin is sin. And yet,…

  bradshawjoel

  February 7, 2023

  proverbs

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• Don’t go to war with gaps in your armor!

  10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness,…

  bradshawjoel

  February 5, 2023

  ephesians

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• The Devil’s Reality

  11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.–Matthew 4 This famous passage is less about things to do when you are tempted and more about who to turn to. Satan tempted Jesus with IF statements, questioning who Jesus was and eternally is. Though Satan attacked, he was not able…

  bradshawjoel

  January 4, 2023

  matthew

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• Depression’s Inner War

  6As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. 7And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands,and…

  bradshawjoel

  November 25, 2022

  1 samuel

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• Mob Frenzy

   4And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. 5And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine,…

  bradshawjoel

  September 30, 2022

  judges

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