Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey." Exodus 24:7 (NIV)
I think the struggle most of us face is doing just this. We say "We will do everything the LORD has said; and will obey" but [...]
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The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still. – Exodus 14:11-12 (NIV)
So much of God’s work goes undone because we will not be still and listen. God will fight for us, he will nourish us, he will comfort us, he will heal us, he will save us. We just need to [...]
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7 Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
Back in April of 2007 I wrote in my personal blog (http://itwastaken.com/blog) about Bedikat Chametz, the Jewish right similar to spring cleaning. It caused me to start [...]
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Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac; so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had. Genesis 28:8-9 (NIV)
A friend of mine once said “It is better to be a resentment [...]
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