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Introduction Johnny Manzel documentary came out. Johnny Football. And it was realized the waste of incredible talent. I look at those guys and wonder what would have happened…? Had a better work ethic, character, purpose? The story of Samson, from Judges 13 - 16 , is similar in that there is this man,…

Ruth has proposed marriage to Boaz and he said yes. It appears that the maiden from Moab and the bachelor from Bethlehem are going to wed. However, a closer relative than Boaz has the first right of redemption and therefore can marry Ruth. Boaz is determined to settle the issue ASAP (cf. 3:18) and so the stage is set for our seeing “the rest of the story.” If nothing is impossible with God, how are we to proceed? What are we to do? How should we act? Chapter 4 provides 3 lessons we should learn.

We consecrate different objects for special jobs Tooth brush - consecrated for cleaning my mouth! Toilet bruch, set apart fot cleaning the toilet. Both are brushes, but they are exclusively reserved for one job, and you can’t mix them up! If i use my toothbrush on something other than my mouth, i would…

1 “Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord . To be barren was a curse. Those who were barren were ashamed. It was a painful thing…

Luke 1:26–38 (ESV) 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with…

A Glimpse into the Mission of God So many people see the world as beginning with a big bang that lead to various periods or epochs down through the millennia. B/Millions of years before there is human habitation; then the stone age, the bronze age, the iron age, the classical period, middle ages and…

Announcements Happy Mother’s day! Are there any announcements? Potluck Sunday, May 28. Introduction Good morning and Happy Mother’s Day to our Mother’s that are here and to our Mother’s online. In 1908 Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia observed the first Mother’s Day. She did it in memory of her own mother.…

1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise, O ye servants of the Lord , Praise the name of the Lord . 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord From this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same The Lord ’s name is to be praised. 4 The Lord is high above all nations, And his…

Hoping Against Hope There are times in the biblical account when Sarah comes off as a bit … harsh. She was the wife of the great patriarch Abraham, so we tend to think of her with a degree of dignity and honor. But reading the biblical account of her life, it is impossible not to notice that she sometimes…

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they…

Even when we find ourselves in a barren land we can rest in His faithfulness!

Family Troubles Hannah was one of Elkanah’s two wives. Hannah was the first, then Peninnah Why did Elkanah have two wives? They were expected to be “fruitful and multiply” Hannah was barren, while Peninnah had several. Yet, Hannah was Elkanah’s favorite. He made sure she got extra food at the feasts.…

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If you’re like me, you probably rush through the “begats” or the lineages of the Bible, but they become important and really demonstrate how the Bible weaves together. We began with Adam. Adam had Cain, and then Abel. We saw that Cain killed Abel, and the Adam and Eve had another son they named Seth.…

1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah…

When we study our Bibles, when we read familiar stories, it is good to take notice of what is there. To step back and take in the whole story. And as we do so, it is also important to note what is not there. In our Bibles we have two Gospels that present us with what we know as: The Birth Narratives…

Luke 1:5-38 Introduction Anticipation waiting for a package to arrive - USPS, UPS, Fed Ex graphic meme As we open up today’s passage, it was a dark time for the Jewish people. For four hundred years, the Lord had been silent. Let’s remember that just because God is silent, it does not mean that He is…

Introduction Today we have quite an interesting account and quite a few verses to cover. We are going to see a supernatural promise of God fulfilled. Our God is a God who keeps His promises my friends. There is no promise that He makes that does not come to fruition. Numbers 23:19 states: God is not…

What does it mean to Arise? 1 “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. 2 Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. To arise means ++To be stirred up ++To be awake…

Undaunted Courage is a book by Stephan Ambrose. In it, Ambrose writes about the Lewis and Clark expedition that took place in the early nineteenth century. After facing massive challenges—hunger, fatigue, desertion, illness and so much more—Lewis and Clark (near Three Forks, Montana) finally reached…

(S1) — The Judean Wilderness ( erēmos) Desolate, uninhabited, rough terrain; deserted, barren, dry parched land as far as the eye could see. Few would journey there, let alone live there! The Judean Wilderness, home for nomadic shepherds, bandits and fugitives! A place where most would choose not to…

19 Sept 2021

The faithfulness of a Priest and his barren wife. How their faithfulness helped bring about a straight path for the King of kings.