Category: blessing
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Blessings from Bonhoeffer
Believe him to be the Son of God, and you will find him wonder upon wonder, counsel upon counsel. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer A few years ago, I was introduced to Dietrich Bonhoeffer through a play that depicted an interaction between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ever since that introduction, I have read something […]
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A Tasteful Blessing
O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!- Psalm 34:8 The psalm shares how taking refuge in the Lord can cause one to be blessed. In fact, it starts this particular verse with an intriguing invitation to “taste and see that the Lord is […]
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Healed and Helped
6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get […]
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Belittled but Blessing
“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” – Romans 12:14 (NKJV) The words of Paul to the believers in Rome seem odd in retrospect. Coming from a man who had once persecuted the early church, these words seem to carry a peculiar connotation. “Bless those who persecute you. . .” It rings […]
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From Eden to Egypt-Day 52
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come. . . All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. […]
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From Eden to Egypt Day 51
And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”- Genesis 48:11 (NKJV) The father who had shown Joseph favoritism was old and sick. That was the report that had reached Joseph. Joseph gathered up his two sons and took them to […]
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From Eden to Egypt- Day 50
And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families. – […]
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>From Eden to Egypt Day 39
> …But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” – Genesis 32:26 (NIV) Jacob was on his way to face his brother. He had ran away from Laban. He was on his way to face the brother who sought his life. He had sent everyone else ahead of him to […]
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>From Eden to Egypt Day 36
> Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” – Genesis 27:41 (NIV) There are no minced words. Esau didn’t hold a single thing back. The brother […]
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From Eden to Egypt Day 26
Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born. And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me. No one thought that I would be able to have Abraham’s child, but even though Abraham is old I have given him a son.” – Genesis […]
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