1 Peter 2:23 When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. Harvard Business School did a study on the “power paradox” which studied that the behaviour of people shift as they gain power. The actions and reactions worsen...
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18 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 6
2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.) High place in the Bible refers to a ‘place of worship’. King Hezekiah...
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17 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 5
Exodus 32:1 “When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” Moses was on...
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16 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 4
1 Samuel 17:23-24 Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. The giant Goliath inflicted the army of Israel with intimidation. Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel...
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15 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 3
John 6:66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. “Many” of the disciples of Jesus who had been following Him were offended by His teaching and left Him. On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” (John 6:60). Jesus was...
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14 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 2
2 Samuel 6:16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart. Anything that we see, witness or hear can prompt us to worship or provoke...
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13 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 1
2 Kings 5:11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. Prompts are events or facts that cause actions or feelings. Provocations...