Exodus 34: 6 – 7 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin.” I wrote yesterday of my changing attitudes and if I failed […]
Proverbs 19:11 A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression. I am studying “glory” which is how I found this verse. I wrote it down and came back to it today. Apparently, it is to our glory to overlook offense. That’s not something I have heard […]
2 Chronicles 31: 21 NLT Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful. I have written on this verse before and no wonder, it is a very poignant verse. Notably there is instruction to seek God “wholeheartedly” and that is the point I have spoken to […]
1 Samuel 13: 7 – 14 Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear. 8 Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away. So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and […]
Psalm 37: 7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Here is faith and trust in action. Patience is not supposed to be a nail-biting period of endurance. It is supposed to be easy for us because of our faith in God. We should be able to rest during the time of patience […]
Lamentations 3: 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. I did an interview in the spring about my book Journey Through the Bible. Since the book is a day by day sojourn through every book of the Bible the interviewer asked me if there were […]
Psalm 40: 1 – 4 I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. And He put a new song in my […]
