by stuart | May 8, 2020 | Bible Study, Corona Virus, Understanding God, Weekly Reflection
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. Isaiah 40: 1-2 These last two...
by stuart | May 7, 2020 | Bible Study, Understanding God, Weekly Reflection
Elijah went before the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.I Kings 18: 21 There are some things we find difficult to decide. Should I take that new job? What university should I...
by stuart | May 6, 2020 | Bible Study, Understanding God, Weekly Reflection
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51: 10-12 At the heart of our...
by stuart | May 5, 2020 | Bible Study, Corona Virus, Understanding God, Weekly Reflection
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time for mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord. 2 Samuel 11:26-27 The story...
by stuart | May 4, 2020 | Bible Study, Corona Virus, Understanding God, Weekly Reflection
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March round the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Make seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark....
by stuart | May 1, 2020 | Bible Study, Corona Virus, Understanding God, Weekly Reflection
May 1, 2020 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Exodus 20:2 If we remember back to our understanding of God as creator, we discovered that being the creator of all things gave God authority over all things. Understanding...