Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.  The story of Israel is the story of biblical prophecy unfolding before our eyes. News from Israel is always more than news and hearing the latest updates and struggles for peace reminds...

Numbers 31:14-15 “Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle. ‘Have you allowed all the women to live?’ he asked them.” These days, there is a lot of anger in the air. In the last...

Numbers 30:2 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said. Commitments to ourselves and to other people are held to the same standard as our commitments to God. There is...

Numbers 30:1-2 Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel: This is what the LORD commands: When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said With all the turmoil in the...

Psalm 124:2-3 If the LORD had not been on our side     when people attacked us, they would have swallowed us alive     when their anger flared against us…  Hope The psalmist wrote, “If the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us, They would have...

Numbers 28:3-4 This is the food offering you are to present to the LORD: two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day. Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight…  Continuous Devotion The importance of starting and ending...

Proverbs 26:13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road,     a fierce lion roaming the streets!”  Fear Is Not Real We read, “A sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!’” This is a metaphor is to describe our fears. It is a...