“In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Good…
Author: Conqueror in Training
Genesis 24
This chapter is the account of Abraham’s head servant seeking a bride for Isaac among Abraham’s family – when commissioned for this task, the servant was given specific instructions not to find a bride among the Canaanites, where they lived, but among the Hebrews. God then blesses the servant with great success on this mission….
Psalm 24
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,…
Genesis 23
“Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. Then Abraham … spoke to the Hittites. ‘I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site…
Psalm 23
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;…
Genesis 22
“Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him… ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love – Isaac – and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.’ …he set out for the place God had told him about. ‘The…
Psalm 22
This is another example of David making a serious of laments, and then inversely countering those laments a few verses later with pleas and praises. – “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out…
Genesis 21
A great deal happens in this chapter including the birth of Isaac, the divorce and banishment of Hagar (and Ishmael), and a water rights treaty between Abraham and Abimelek. “But Sarah… said to Abraham, ‘Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my…
Psalm 21
Psalm 20 was a humbling prayer for victory, now this chapter tells us the result – it is a prayer of thankfulness for victory. “The king rejoices in your strength, Lord. How great is his joy in the victories you give! You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of…
Genesis 20
“For a while he stayed in Gerar, and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, ‘You are as good as dead because of the woman you…