Tag: Israelites

August 21 @ Numbers 5-8

Numbers 5-8 (NLT link)  Discover His heart: He desires to grant His blessing at our request God bless you! Blessings to you! May the Lord richly bless you!  These are phrases that we say or write for many different reasons, from a sneeze to a wedding wish.  For many of us, they have become a part of our every day…

July 25 @ 2 Kings 16-20

2 Kings 16-20 (NLT link)  Discover His heart: He accepts our worship that is untainted by the worship of any other One afternoon several years ago I watched an interesting exchange on the Oprah Winfrey show between Oprah and guest Shirley MacLaine regarding Shirley’s religious beliefs.  As Shirley explained her belief that anything or all things can be god if…

July 10 @ Leviticus 13-15

Leviticus 13-15 (NLT link)  Discover His heart: God provides all that is needed to keep His people alive and well on their journey “If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.  And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean. However…” (13:40-41)  For…

June 30 @ Ezekiel 13-18

Ezekiel 13-18 (NLT link)  Discover His heart: He is faithful to His everlasting covenant with us Ohhh…some rough reading today. The Northern Kingdom had already fallen to Babylon, and now judgment was about to fall on the Southern Kingdom of Judah.  The prophets had given warnings to no avail, and most of the Israelites remained in their idolatry and sinful ways…