Spiritual Weeds

“I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh theContinue reading “Spiritual Weeds”

Resist the Devil

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7, KJV) When we go through miserable times, when we suffer, we often will do strange things. We attempt to cope with the situation with a variety of behaviors. What are these behaviors? Well, prior to their conversion, people developContinue reading “Resist the Devil”

The Lord Is Our Defense

7 “Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.” (Isaiah 37:7, ESV) 33 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into thisContinue reading “The Lord Is Our Defense”

Help In Times of Need

“As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.” (Isaiah 37:1–2, ESV)Continue reading “Help In Times of Need”

Pray Watch and Remember

“O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered, and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.” (Isaiah 33:2–4, ESV)Continue reading “Pray Watch and Remember”

The Sign of Immanuel

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14, ESV) Here we have one of the most famous prophecies of the Hebrew Scriptures. Matthew quoted this prophecy in his gospel account and attributed it to Christ, Israel’s Messiah.Continue reading “The Sign of Immanuel”