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HOW COULD GOD ASK ABRAHAM TO KILL HIS SON?

April 24, 2023Uncategorizedanimals, Christ, death, die, faith in God, Father, God, God of life and not death, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hesitation, Isaac, jesus, Jesus Christ, kill, kill his son, knife, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, sacrifice, servant, Son, the story of abrhamabarkley8

The story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac is one of the most perplexing and controversial narratives in the Bible. On the surface, it seems cruel and immoral for God to ask a father to kill his own child. However, when we look deeper into the story and the context in which it is told, we can see that it is a powerful metaphor for faith, obedience, and ultimate trust in God’s plan.

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DISCOVER THE POWER OF PRAYER: TIPS FROM THE BIBLE

February 24, 20231 Chronicles, 1 corinthians, 1 kings, 2 Chronicles, 2 Corinthians, bible customs and curiosities, bible definitions, bible studies, bible study, bible times, christianity, christians, Church, David, pray, prayer, praying, Uncategorizedbook of luke, Disciples, Father, God, guidance, Matthew, power, power of prayer, Pray, pray persistence, pray with humilityabarkley8

Prayer has been a vital part of religious practice for centuries, and it continues to be a powerful tool for connecting with a higher power and finding peace in times of turmoil. The Bible is full of examples of prayer and offers guidance on how to pray effectively. In this article, we will explore the power of prayer and provide tips from the Bible for strengthening your own prayer practice.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (JONAH 4:1-11)

September 18, 2022Uncategorized1000, angry, cattle, Christ, city, country, dead, death, died, east wind, Father, fish, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gourd, great city, great fish, hand, Holy Father, jesus, Jesus Christ, jonah, Lord, mad, Man, Matthew, moon, new testament, nineveh, north wind, Old Testament, rose, south wind, sun, thousand, west wind, whaleabarkley8

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

²And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

³Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

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HOW’S YOUR SPIRITUAL MAINTENANCE?

September 16, 2022Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, cares, Christ, deceitfulness, entering, Father, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, Holy Ghost, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, lusts, maintain, Mark, Matthew, natural things, new testament, Old Testament, Pray, prayers, riches, spirit, spiritual maintenance, suffocate, worldabarkley8

Did you know that the seemingly innocent things in your everyday life can suffocate your spiritual life if you allow it?

A friend of mine said the Lord told her in prayer one day that this nation had become a nation of maintenance men. “You have so many things to maintain,” He told her. “You maintain your house. You maintain your car, your yard, your machines, your hair. . . .

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (2 CORINTHIANS 11:22-33 “SUFFERING FOR CHIRST”)

August 21, 2022Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, abraham, abundant, Aretas, bless, blessed, Christ, city, countrymen, damascense, day, death, died, Father, fool, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heathen, Holy Bible, Israelites, jesus, Jesus Christ, journey, King, labours, liar, lie, Matthew, ministers, naked, nakedness, new testament, Old Testament, pain, painfullness, perils, preach, preachers, prisons, shipwreck, sufferedabarkley8

²²Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I

²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

²⁴Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (MARK 14:32-42 “THE PRAYER IN THE GARDEN”)

July 27, 2022Uncategorizedbetrayer, Christ, cup, dead, death, eyes, Father, flesh, garden, gethsemane, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, heavy, Jesus Christ, John, new testament, pass, peter, Pray, prayer, rise, scripture of the day, simon, sleep, sorrowful, tarry, wordsabarkley8

MARK 14:32-42 – ³²And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

³³And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

³⁴And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

³⁵And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (PRIESTS AND LEVITES)

July 25, 2022Uncategorizedchristians, Father, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Good Samaritan, holy place, Jesus Christ, jews, John the Baptist, leper, Levites, Leviticus, Luke, most holy place, new testament, Old Testament, priests, work, Zachariasabarkley8

The priests and Levites were about their work in New Testament times. They are familiar in the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:31).

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THE MERCY SEAT

September 6, 2021Uncategorizedappeal, bronze, cherubim, Christ, cloud, earthly ministry, Father, fire, flaming torch, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's grace, gold, heard, heavenly temple, Hebrews, high priest, holy place, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, Matthew, mercy, most holy place, new testament, Old Testament, pillar, precise manner, shekinah, silver, smoke, Solomon's, the Lord Presence, The mercy seat, the tabernacle, visible presence, visible presence of God, voice, yearsabarkley8

God promised to be present upon the mercy seat (Exodus 25:22; see also 30:6, 36). The mercy seat was a kind of portable throne, carried along the poles of the ark and complete with an canopy of angel wings. The cherubim faced the center of the seat while their wings overspread if. The picture of God as King of Israel enthroned on the mercy seat is clear no matter where the ark might be: in the wilderness, in battle, or in his tent (the Tabernacle).

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SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY (LUKE 12:40-56)

August 30, 2021Uncategorizedaccomplished, baptism, baptized, beat, believers, blessed, Christ, cut, daughter-in-law, divided, division, drink, drunken, due season, earth, family, Father, father in law, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, household, jesus, Jesus Christ, law, Lord, Luke, Matthew, mother, mother in law, new testament, Old Testament, people, peter, portion, risen, ruler, Scripture, scriptures of the day, servant, shower, sister, Son, Son in law, son of god, Son of Man, straitened, sunder, three, unbelievers, wiseabarkley8

⁴⁰Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

⁴¹Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

⁴³Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

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SHAKING JESUS’ FAMILY TREE

August 24, 2021Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, aaron, abraham, ancestry, apples, Bathsheba, brother, Christ, cousin, dad, family tree, Father, father-in-law, genealogy, generations, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Jericho, jesus, Jesus family tree, Jew, Jewish, jews, Joseph, King David, Kings, legal document, Luke, Man, mary, Matthew, Men, Messiah, mom, mother, mother-in-law, nephew, new testament, Old Testament, Rachel, Rahab, revered king, Ruth, sister, Tamar, Uriah, virgin, womenabarkley8

The Jews from Matthew’s day would have disagreed. Tradition-minded Jews kept a record of their ancestors partly because certain rights and responsibilities were inherited. Priests descended from Aaron, the brother of Moses. Kings-and the coming Messiah-would descend from David, Israel’s most revered king.

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