Genesis 12:1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. The National Institute of Health provided scientific literature with sufficient cross-sectional evidence that during the COVID-19 pandemic those individuals with ‘high level of intolerance to uncertainty’ were more likely to experience generalized...
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20 September 2023 – Journey – Part 4
Ruth 1:19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. The trip from Moab to Bethlehem would have taken 7 to 10 days by foot. Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth would have journeyed through rugged precipitous terrain for about 50 miles. Bethlehem is located at an elevation of about 775 meters (2,543...
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19 September 2023 – Journey – Part 3
Deuteronomy 1:2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. We cannot shorten our journey but we can lengthen it by our distractions, diversions and dissolutions. The journey of Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land was only 11 days but the Israelites sojourned in the wilderness for...
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18 September 2023 – Journey – Part 2
Genesis 28:2 Get ready, and go to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel in Paddan-Aram. Take a wife for yourself from the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban. Jacob was sent on a journey to find a wife however the trip was not a pleasant one. It wasn’t just a leisure holiday or a...
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17 September 2023 – Journey – Part 1
John 14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” We must know the destination to know the route that we have to take. Google Maps not only show us the way but will also give us the time it would take and inform...
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16 September 2023 – Hindrances – Part 7
1 Kings 13:11 Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. 1 Kings 13 is a chapter with deep spiritual truth and insightful lessons. The Lord...
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15 September 2023 – Hindrances – Part 6
Matthew 14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” Doubt is the big barrier and boulder that crushes progress. Did you know that faith and doubt can co-exist? ‘Faith’ and ‘Doubt’ are like two foxes in our soul – the fox we feed...
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14 September 2023 – Hindrances – Part 5
1 Samuel 18:8-9 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?” So Saul eyed David from that day forward. Comparison kills compassion. Comparison can be a...
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13 September 2023 – Hindrances – Part 4
2 Kings 7:2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!” Our words can be...
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12 September 2023 – Hindrances – Part 3
1 Samuel 15:10-11 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: “I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the Lord all that night. Disobedience and partial obedience to suit our own...