1 Kings 17: 12b I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die. There was a severe famine in Israel at the word of Elijah. The rivers and brooks had dried up, the crops had failed and the cattle were...
Author: Caroline Joseph (Caroline Joseph)
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27 October 2020 – Prescription – Part 5
1 Chronicles 4:9: ‘Now Jabez was more honourable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez (PAIN!), saying, ‘because I bore him in pain.’ The name Jabez means ‘pain’. It could have been that his birth was very painful and the circumstances that he was born into was pitiful. However, it was very...
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26 October 2020 – Prescription – Part 4
Psalms 119:50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. The twin brothers Esau and Jacob were not only unlike twins but they also had very different personalities and interests. Esau was a skilful hunter but Jacob was a skilled chef. With his scrummy stew he deceived his brother Esau of...
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25 October 2020 – Prescription – Part 3
Leviticus 14:43a & 45 “If the defiling mold (fungus) reappears in the house after the stones.. 45 It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster. The allegory of ‘mold, fungus or leprosy’ in the Old Testament is ‘sin’ and the metaphor of ‘walls’ is ‘security, stronghold or safety’. The Israelites occupied the houses that...
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24 October 2020 – Prescription – Part 2
Proverbs 4:21-22 Fill your thoughts with My (God’s) words until they penetrate deep into your spirit. 22 Then, as you unwrap My words, they will impart true life and radiant health into the very core of your being (TPT). The Living Word of God is the healing stream to our body and soul. When our...
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23 October 2020 – Prescription – Part 1
Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. The prescription to all our problems is the Word of God....
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22 October 2020 – The Exchange – Part 7
Isaiah 61:3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. Jesus wore a crown of a criminal to exchange it with a crown of beauty. He took our garment stained with sin...
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21 October 2020 – The Exchange – Part 6
Genesis 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. Curse is the consequence of repeated transgressions. A default becomes an iniquity when there is reoccurrence but no repentance, penitence or reconciliation. Like blessings, curses are also a transferable commodity passed on from one generation to the other....
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20 October 2020 – The Exchange – Part 5
Isaiah 58:11 The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden. The divine contract that was signed at the cross and sealed with the blood of Jesus included several clauses and appendices. Jesus did not just promise sufficiency but satisfaction to...
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19 October 2020 – The Exchange – Part 4
Genesis 17:5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham. We see that the Lord God changed the names of His saints before He commissioned them into their calling. Abram (meaning ‘Father’) was changed to ‘Abraham’ which meant ‘Father of Many’, while he was childless. Jacob (meaning trickster) was...