In the book of Haggai, God bids us do three things: consider our ways do the work He’s put before us and be strong—do not fear In fact, the phrase “consider your ways,” or simply “consider,” is written five times in this short two chapter book making it an important keyword we need to ...
Joel: Hearts Unto Wisdom Bible Study
In the book of Hosea, God is portrayed as our husband. In Joel, He is the ultimate husbandman. A husbandman is a tiller of the soil who works the land to sow, cultivate, prune, and tend his fields and gardens to produce food for his family and his community, as well as the animals he cares ...
Hosea: Hearts Unto Wisdom Bible Study
Hosea, a prophet of the Most High, had a glimpse of the treachery and pain that God felt regarding Israel’s adulterous heart when God commanded him to go find a whore to be his wife. Her name was Gomer and she wasn’t a reformed prostitute. She wasn’t like Rahab, who repented and is honored to be ...
Eve Had Everything
Eve had everything a woman could ever need or want: food, comfort, beauty, companionship, purpose, even communion with God Himself. Yet, we read in Genesis 3 she was subtly manipulated by Satan into desiring even more. And what more was left? Knowledge, Power, To be like God, To be ...
The Secret Was in Her Smile
I came across a picture years ago of a Christian woman living in a refugee camp in Myanmar (formerly Burma). She was squatting on a dirt floor; the walls of her home empty canvas rice bags. Few possessions and no adornment could be seen. But amid the squalor, the picture captured something ...