Category: General
Scripture : Isaiah 7:24 (NIV): "Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns."
Thought : To me, "judgments" upon the land are often a direct consequence of the behaviors of the people who live there....
Scripture : Isaiah 7:23 (NIV): "In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briars and thorns."
Thought : To me, God speaks to us through our environment.
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Scripture : Isaiah 7:22 (NIV): "And because of the abundance of the milk they give, he will have curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey."
Thought : To me, "little is much when God is in it"!...
Scripture : Isaiah 7:21 (NIV): "In that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and two goats."
Thought : To me, God is supremely wise to reduce our "property" at appropriate times.
Question : Have I learned how to be...
Scripture : Isaiah 7:20 (NIV): "In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the River--the king of Assyria--to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to take off your beards also."
Thought : To me, shame is really a good thing because...
Scripture : Isaiah 7:19 (NIV): "They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thornbushes and at all the water holes."
Thought : To me, plagues in nature are communications from God.
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Scripture : Isaiah 7:18 (NIV): "In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria."
Thought : To me, God is beautifully behind every movement and every gathering of all species of animals....
Scripture : Isaiah 7:17 (NIV): "The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah--he will bring the king of Assyria."
Thought : To me, it is the LORD Who opens the way for...
Scripture : Isaiah 7:16 (NIV): "But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste."
Thought : Judgment and tragedy often descend very quickly.
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Scripture : Isaiah 7:15 (NIV): "He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right."
Thought : To me, we need to remember that Christ was unique in the world from conception on.
Question : Do our...