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The Most Recent Posts (Click on Sitemap for a complete access to all previous posts)
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 17: Restoration
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 16: Spiritual Surgery
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 15: Retribution and Revenge
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 14: The Counsels of Men
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 13: God’s Symmetrical Tapestry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry
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Tag Archives: God’s purposes
David and His Nephew Joab – Part 4: God’s Purposes
Isaiah 45:7; Psalm 135:5,6; Daniel 2:21 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all … Continue reading
Posted in David & His Nephew Joab
Tagged Abner, David, God's purposes, Ish-bosheth, murder, Providence
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David and His Nephew Joab – Part 3: A Funeral
2 Samuel 3:27-39 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abner, David, funeral, God's purposes, Joab, revenge, shame
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Consider This
Job 9:12; Job 2:10; Ecclesiastes 7:14 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In the … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Tagged affliction, chastisement, consider, faith, God's purposes, self-examination, suffering
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God’s Special Providences
Exodus 1:22; Exodus 2:1-10 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. And there went a man of the house of Levi, and … Continue reading
Posted in Providence
Tagged God, God's purposes, God's will, human motives, Moses, perfect timing, Providence
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Why Am I Here? In This Place? And At This Time?
Esther 4:14; Acts 17:25,26 Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for … Continue reading
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Tagged chance, coincidence, confidence, faith, God's purposes, Providence
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God Uses Little Things to Accomplish Great Things
2 Kings 5:1-4 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in … Continue reading
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Tagged children, God's purposes, mothers, Providence, teaching children
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Singing in the Rain
Job 5:7-11 Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: who giveth rain upon … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged afflictions, chastening, faith, God's purposes, growth in grace, praise, sanctification, singing, trials, troubles
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