Raisins & Apples Bible – a channel of faith
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples. (Song of Songs 2:5)
18 And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid." So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19 And he said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for… Continue reading Two Women & a Man Part 2 – Jael (Judges 4:18-23, 5:24-27 Devotional)
Deborah - A Woman with Many Hats 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. Judges 4:4-5… Continue reading Two Women and a Man Part 1 – Deborah (Judges 4:4-5, 5:1-2,31 Devotional)
1 I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 2 And the Lord answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.… Continue reading Habakku – The Little-Known Giant 2 (Habakkuk 2:1-4, 3:17-19 Devotional)
1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me;… Continue reading Habakku – The Little-Known Giant 1 (Habakkuk 1:1-4, 12-13 Devotional)
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?" 17 And… Continue reading The Desperate Father (Mark 9:14-29 Devotional)
32 Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34 And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know… Continue reading Criminal at the cross – the most glorious witness to the worst of adversity (Luke 23:32-43 Devotional)
30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the… Continue reading The Parents of the child who offered the five loaves and two fish (Mark 6:30-38 Devotional)
37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?" 38 And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out,… Continue reading The child who gave the five loaves and two fish (Mark 6:37-44 Devotional)
1 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his… Continue reading Andrew – Set the mind on the Lord and trust the Lord! (John 6:1-9 Devotional)
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the… Continue reading Josiah – with all his heart and all his soul (2 Chronicles 34:29-35:19 Devotional)
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