Don’t Handle It Alone “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you… You must be the people’s representative before …
Nathan
A Friend Indeed Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:5-6 American author Elbert Hubbard first defined a friend as “someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” God blessed King David with two such friends. During David’s youth, King Saul’s son Jonathan befriended him …
Hagar
Secure in God’s Care And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 Few Old Testament narratives convey God’s love for the downtrodden quite as poignantly as Hagar’s story does. She was a foreign slave, probably a gift from Pharaoh during Abraham’s sojourn in Egypt (Genesis 12:16). Far from her birthplace …
Not-As-Famous Men and Women of the Bible
If someone asked you to name the most well known people in the Bible, what would you say? Jesus, of course. But who else? Abraham, Moses, David, Mary, Paul? In this series of devotions on not-as-famous men and women of the Bible, we explore the lives of people who played pivotal roles in God’s great story of redemption, and …
Seth
Hope Restored Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.” Genesis 4:25 (NASB) The older son killed his younger brother. Can you imagine Adam and Eve’s grief as they processed Abel’s murder and …