Posts Tagged ‘Israelites’
Has God’s Word Failed For You?
HAS GOD’S WORD FAILED FOR YOU? By Ernest O’Neill Has God’s Word Failed For You? By Rev. Ernest O’Neill You may remember about a month ago we studied the verses where Paul points out that the first communication from outer space to our earth came to a people called the Israelites. They’re the people that…
Read MoreStudies in Hosea
Studies in Hosea DD104-Hosea-Part1- God’s Saving Love Hosea prophesied at a time when prosperity,moral laxity, corrupt government, wide class distinctions and ritualistic worship was the order of the day. This is the story of God’s love to those that have been unfaithful to Him. God’s love pursues us even in our most rebellious times…
Read MoreThe Willfulness of a Nation and Lesson For Our Own Lives
DAILY DISCIPLINE #62 By Colleen Donahue Our point in Bible history brings us to where Joshua, (successor to Moses) had brought the Israelite nation to the Promised Land. Once within the borders of the land, the Israelites obeyed God under the direction of Joshua and began to destroy the current inhabitants of the Promised land…
Read MoreDo You Need a New Start? Times of Change
DAILY DISCIPLINE #61 By Colleen Donahue Our study this month in the book of I Samuel takes us through a transition period in the Israelites’ history with the man Samuel holding together two ends. He stands between the years when Judges ruled Israel until the time when kings began to reign. Samuel was the final…
Read MoreWhat’s Behind the Middle East Crisis? What’s Behind our Own Crisis?
DAILY DISCIPLINE #60 By Colleen Donahue The Gulf War and Middle East Crisis which have been the news focus over the past several years have their roots back in the centuries that we have been studying. The recent war and skirmishes are but the tip of an iceberg that has been growing for centuries. After…
Read MoreThe Promised Land Before Us
DAILY DISCIPLINE #59 By Colleen Donahue In our last two studies, we’ve been wandering with the Israelites through the desert. They were fleeing from Egypt and making their way back to the promised land. This was the land you remember that God originally called Abraham to go to. He was to leave his country, his…
Read MoreThe Wanderings of Israel-Learning From History
DAILY DISCIPLINE #58 By Colleen Donahue If history is to be of any benefit to us today we must look at the mistakes and failures of men who went before us lest we repeat them in our own lives. In the last study we saw that God was taking the Israelites to the Promised…
Read MoreThe Great Exodus-God’s Intervention in Desperate Times
DAILY DISCIPLINE #57 By Colleen Donahue During the past two studies, we’ve looked at Moses, the leader chosen by God to lead the Jewish people out of Egypt and into the promised land of Canaan. Now in this study, we’ll look at the people themselves involved during this time in history. If you remember, it…
Read MoreMoses-A Life With Purpose- Part 1
DAILY DISCIPLINE #55 By Colleen Donahue Our last study left us in Egypt. Joseph, the son of Jacob, had risen to great power in Egypt. The seeming disaster in Joseph’s life had been used by God to save His people, the Israelites, from death by famine. In their new home of Egypt “the Israelites…
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