Job 1:20-22: Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and he fell to the ground and worshipped. And he said naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Through all
Acts 19:12: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. II Kings 2:14: And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, where is the LORD God of
“Numbers 27:15-16: “And Moses spoke unto the Lord saying: ‘Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation.” Since we were introduced to Moses in the Book of Exodus, there is one phrase that is repeated over and over. In fact it is repeated 175 times.
Deuteronomy 31:8 “And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” “Abused children will always protect the abuser, because it is all they know. They fear the person, hate the circumstances, but anything is
Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof. “Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.” Will Rodgers “Do not distress thyself with tomorrow’s affliction, for thou knowest not
Numbers 21:5: “And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.” Cassius: Brutus hath rived my heart: A friend should bear a friends
Numbers 21:4: “And the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.” Maybe I am the odd one out, but I keep hearing all these testimonies about people who walk a tough road and how God sends miracle after miracles to deliver them. How God supports them and gets them through.
Numbers 21:6: “And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and much people of Israel died.” Exodus 12:37 mentions that a mixed multitude, an unspecified number of non-Israelites were tagging along during the Exodus. They caused no end of frustration for Moses and because of their pagan background
Numbers 10:35-36: “Whenever the ark set out, Moses said: ‘Arise O’Lord let the enemy be scattered, may your foes flee before you.’ Whenever it came to rest, he said: ‘Return Lord to the countless thousands of Israel.’” This passage is set off in the original scrolls with two inverted nuns. They appear in some
Psalms 25:16: “Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am alone and afflicted.” “Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.” Paul Tillich Paul Tillich was probably the most influential theologian
