Tag: Bible
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Slightly Obsessed #221: Are You Green and Sappy?
The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, To declare that the LORD…
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Slightly Obsessed #219: When the Hedge Comes Down, Part 3
Then Job said, ‘Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; Therefore, I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.’ – Job 42:3b, 5-6 Job…
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Slightly Obsessed #216: Daddy Has You
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. – Psalm 103:13 They call them fur babies, those pets we adore and spoil and spend too much money on each year. The other day I rolled up to a stop light along with the usual…
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Slightly Obsessed #214: Friendly Fire
We love, because He first loved us. If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. – 1 John 4:19-20 In 1788, the Austrians were at war with Turkey. Determined…
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Slightly Obsessed #213: God of the Mountains
By Rebekah Hamley I always feel closest to God when I’m in nature. And on my hike in the Hunua Range, New Zealand, I felt His presence all around me. Life has thrown many challenges these last couple months and my future is full of unknowns, but as I explored His magnificent creation, I…
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Slightly Obsessed #209: Look Up
Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us. – 2 Chronicles 20:9 A multitude of enemy warriors marched to war…
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Slightly Obsessed #208: Scorched by Trial
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him. – Psalm 68:4 A new year usually begins with hope and promise set against the backdrop of winter. My new year began in the heat of a blistering emotional desert. People I love are in…
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Slightly Obsessed #207: The Real Avenger
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord. – Romans 12:19 The person on the other end of the phone line needed my last name. When I gave it to him, he paused before asking, “Are…
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Slightly Obsessed #204 A Portrait of Faith: The Obedient Heart
Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice…. – 1 Samuel 15:22 The Old Testament prophet Samuel visited King Saul soon after he was set into power as king of Israel. Samuel arrived to deliver a command…
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Slightly Obsessed #202 A Portrait of Faith: Living to Please God
If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. – Galatians 1:10 The Scriptures tell us it is impossible to please God without faith. But how does pleasing God present evidence of our faith to a dying world? In Hebrews 11, the “faith chapter” describes acts of faith…
