One fish, two fish, bread loaves multiply – Mark 6:30-44
Healing, feeding, fellowship and lavish love in the story of two fish and five loaves that multiply
Serpent causes fall of mankind-Genesis 3
How could we not take a look at the animal that initiated the greatest deceit of all time? That even sounds like an exaggeration, but it isn’t.
A big fish story - Book of Jonah
God saw the suffering of others, it moved him, and he wanted to alleviate it. This big fish story began because God wanted to show compassion and Jonah ran from it – into the mouth of a fish.
A sparrow falls – Matthew 10:29-31
It is the things that we care about that have value for us. The value that we assign to things also sets the level of information we have about that thing.
Man Safe as Lions Tamed - Daniel 6
It was not a life without trouble, as we read through the book of Daniel. It was a life of obedience to God and faith in Him carried out in daily service to others.
A Fish Paid Taxes - Matthew 17:24-27
God provided, but Peter worked for the coins. When we don’t know how or what to do, we cannot stay in a holding pattern, but rather go out and do what we know, as a minimum.
Tsur or Sela, Rock - Psalm 28:1
It is interesting that the name Rock is used in psalms, Habakkuk the song of Moses. They are all expressions of close relationship with God and a personal name.
Yahweh Yireh, The Lord will Provide - Genesis 22:14
The strength and wonder made available to us in crying out to Yahweh Yireh is immeasurable. In crying out to him, we will strengthen our faith in his miracle working power and renew our patience in time of trials. The Lord will provide.
Yahweh-Nissi, The Lord is my Banner - Exodus 17:15
His is our banner; our leader, commander, protector, guide and victory. He is so much more than the one who is in battle with us.
Oseh Niplaowt – Miracle Maker, Job 5:9
God can do the supernatural and make something of nothing. We have to stop limiting our thinking to that which we imagine and open ourselves to what God can do, what he sees.
Matsuwd, Fortress - 2 Samuel 22:2
You see, in my wanderings of the words of the Bible, I came to see more clearly that rock, strength, refuge and fortress are indeed different – they are all places of safety, but the fortress is a place of safety specifically when under attack.
Yahweh-Rapha, Healer - Exodus 15:26
We cry out to Him all the time for healing of our friends, for ourselves, when the pain is upon us, when we see suffering and hurt in those we love particularly. Yet we know that it does not always happen that way, we are not all immediately and fully healed.
Ra'ah, Shepherd - Ezekiel 34
The Shepherd has not waited for us to say what condition or need we are in, he sees it and has already provided for it.
El Roi, The God who Sees Me - Genesis 16:13
Hagar calls God the One who Sees ME. He doesn’t just see, but he is personal and Hagar felt like the only one in the room, so to speak.
Rishon-Acharon, I am the First and I am the Last - Isaiah 44:6
The most often considered meaning of The First and Last is that the Lord is everlasting, from before the beginning until after the end. Yet that is not all that this says to me.