Category Archives: overcoming

May 5th-as always, prayer is the best alternative

1 Chronicles 20: 1Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David … Continue reading

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April 15th-Solomon is challenged by the Lord repeatedly through adversaries and shows his extraordinary wisdom.

1 Kings 11: 14Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon……28Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house … Continue reading

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March 24th-Some people are overly tied up in the external practices of religion, missing God’s plan for their internal, eternal souls.

1 Samuel 4: 3When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the LORD, … Continue reading

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March 20th-Sometimes, you may have to do something outlandish to get your point across

Judges 20: 4So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin. 5“But the men of Gibeah rose up against me … Continue reading

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March 18th-The Philistines were a nasty, prideful group.

Judges 14: 12Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty … Continue reading

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March 17th-Picking the right man for the right job at the right time can be a make-or-break decision.

Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah. 2Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out … Continue reading

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March 14th-Try as we might, we find that removing the sin from our lives is not an easy thing to do

Judges 2: 1Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, … Continue reading

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March 5th-When we are weakest, when our hearts have cried out the most, when we have nothing left

Deuteronomy 32: 36 “For the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free. God will show compassion on those who … Continue reading

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January 19th-Just how do these evil people get into positions of power?

Exodus 1:8 Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph……..15Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other was named Puah; 16and he said, “When you … Continue reading

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January 11th-How hard, how long, would we work for what we desire? How much would we pray?

Genesis 29:18Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” In this familiar story, Jacob agrees to work for seven years to gain Rachel’s hand in marriage. How hard, how long, … Continue reading

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