and prayed: "I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens." Ezra 9:6 Shame is often looked down on as a weak characteristic. People are often told to take pride in who they... Continue Reading →
2 Kings 8:19 God Keeps His Promises
Neverthleless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever. 2 Kings 8:19 Promises are made all the time by people all over the world, yet many are not willing to keep them. Another person does... Continue Reading →
2 Samuel 14:14 God Seeks To Restore The Banished
Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him. 2 Samuel 14:14 Banishment of a person is known to occur with nations, schools, businesses and other places. Families... Continue Reading →
2 Samuel 12:13 Admit Your Sins
Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." Nathan replied, "The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die." 2 Samuel 12:13 Doing something that is wrong is common among all people all over the world. Admitting that one did something wrong is not as common and is... Continue Reading →
2 Samuel 2:26 Must You Continue To Fight?
Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?" 2 Samuel 2:26 Fights among some family members have often gone on for several decades over some issue when they were young. People... Continue Reading →