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Habakkuk 1:2-4 How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save. Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery? Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence. I am surrounded by peopleContinue reading “What Matters”

Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. I know you are frustrated, Child, with the levels – the ever increasing levels it seems – of evil and injustice in your world. And yes, it is sinking into darkness. Yet, youContinue reading “Watch Yourself”

Jonah 1:3 But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish. You laugh, youContinue reading “Where is your Tarshish?”

Jeremiah 8:8-9 “How can you say, ‘We are wise because we have the word of the Lord,’ when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies? These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected the word of the Lord. Are they so wise after all?” 11-12  “TheyContinue reading “Beware”

Isaiah 30:2-3 “For without consulting Me, you have gone down to Egypt for help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection. You have tried to hide in his shade. But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated, and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.” Whom do you trust? Upon whom do youContinue reading “Trusting Pharaoh….”

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Have you not seen this? Do you finally recognize the depth of this Truth? You have been through a long set of battles. You have been stripped of much of what you trusted to makeContinue reading “Perfect Peace”

Nehemiah 9:28 But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times! HowContinue reading “Taken Captive”

Ezra 3:11-13. Then the people gave a great shout, praising the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s Temple had been laid. But many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders who had seen the first Temple wept aloud when they saw the new Temple’s foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy. TheContinue reading “Rebuilding”

1 Chronicles 29: 3 “And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.” David was not chosen toContinue reading “Will You?”

1 Chronicles 28:20 Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and to the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the Lord is finished correctly.”Continue reading “Surrender”