Tag: Abraham

The Fool: He who does not learn the lessons from his trials

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A few months back, a friend of mine went through a shocking injury experience. One time we were pondering why this could have happened, so we ended up studying Deuteronomy 8:2-5 (AMP). There are so many lessons to take away from these verses, that I encourage you to meditate on them. For this post, there’s a segment that I want to double click on i.e. “to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not”. In essence, God allowing us to go through a challenging experience is partly because He’s interested in knowing how you would respond: 1) during the crisis, but also importantly, 2) after the crisis. I also explore why your tests are not random, but specially curated for you, whilst also exploring the link between how we respond to life’s trials and the fate of our lives.

Contending in prayer for God’s promises

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Today, I want to explore a theme that struck me recently while reading The Awe of God by John Bevere (chapter 36). This theme is that despite God having made promises, we often still need to contend/ask/plead for those promises to be fulfilled on earth. I'm not trying to answer the question of why God wants us to persist and plead in prayer despite His already stated/revealed promises, but emphasize the spiritual realization that we humans need to pray persistently and meditate on God's word to bring His promises to pass in our lives. Happy reading!

Like brother like sister – Tracing the roots of Laban and Rebekah, Masters of Deception

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It’s quite surprising how the siblings, Laban and Rebekah, were so innately deceptive. In fact, Rebekah’s deceptive spirit was so deeply engrained in her heart that when Jacob worried that his father could find out about their trick, she said “Let your curse be upon me, my son...” 😮 I therefore wondered where she could have picked up this terrible heart of deception from. 🤔

The mirage of answered prayers and why God tests our faith

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Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve been praying to God for something, it looks as if it’s all coming together but then you end up with nothing? Sometimes it takes the form of there being a lot of activity which looks as if God is finally moving but in the end you still end up disappointed?

Israel’s three great enemies: The Moabites, Ammonites and Edomites. Where did they come from?

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The Moabites and Ammonites were children born out of deceit to Lot, cousin of Abraham. The Edomites were descendants of Esau. These three tribes - Moabites, Ammonites and Edomites - are mentioned repeatedly in the Bible, often as a duo or triumvate, in different attacks on the Israelites. What’s also interesting is that these enemies descended from marriage relations that were against God’s instructions!