His super human strength, his exploits, and his one weakness - women - have made him legendary. Take some time to read the four chapters of Judges that tell his full story sometime soon. Samson deserved what he got, unlike our Savior, who would ultimately save God's people in a very similar

Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.” 9   Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust While the first 21 verses of this Psalm speak to the pain of unanswered prayer, there is a shift that takes

Yesterday we read about the ugly account in which a man who had been proudly sinning in a way that made

Summary Following the crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea was granted permission by Pilate to take the body many burial spices would have been considered a showing of respect towards Jesus; one that came at a very high price, since these ingredients were very expensive. Just as Jesus' lifeless body was made to live again after it had already been sealed in a tomb, so too

I am your shield,  your very great reward. ” 2  But Abram said, “Sovereign LORD, what can you give me also said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18  On that day the LORD made Yes, faith includes knowledge, but as we see in Genesis 15, it also takes wholehearted trust that God AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who is our shield and very great reward; A

eagle’s . 6  The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 7  He made LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that as we study theology this year, your ability to praise the LORD will ever

It means that your life is no longer defined by mistakes you've made or pain you've experienced.

20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly merciful and also very So God made known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness Isaiah here gets at the very heart of the gospel hundreds of years before the Messiah would actually AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who is perfectly merciful and also very just—

of blazing fire. 22 For this reason, because the king’s command was urgent and the furnace had been made So it's not like these three were a bunch of captured hostages with nothing to lose who were just taking Take inspiration from these three men of old, and know that the God who saved them from the furnace has

within - an ability given by the Holy Spirit - that results in the proper attitude as he approaches his maker We see the massive conversion that takes place in the repentant criminal, and hear the promise that Jesus