Tag Archives: God the Holy Spirit

PRAYER FOR MOTHER’S (BELIEVE)

April 14, 2020UncategorizedAll Things, aman, amen, believe, build, Christ, Father house, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heart, Holy Spirit, house, houses, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, mansion, mansions, mercy, philippians, place, Pray, prayer, prays, spirit, troubleabarkley8

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Lord, help me believe that You are the way, the truth, and the life, My heart yearns for the power of Your presence. Never let me doubt Your love and mercy, but strengthen me to tell others of Your saving grace and never-ending love. May Your Spirit direct my path daily and strengthen my commitment to Your purpose. For without You, I am nothing. But with You, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). Praise God. In Jesus name. Amen. Continue reading PRAYER FOR MOTHER’S (BELIEVE) →

WHY DID PAUL SPEAK SO MUCH ABOUT WIVES SUBMITTING TO THEIR HUSBANDS?

January 2, 2020Church1 corinthians, Authority, Bible, bible studies, bible times, body of Christ, Christ, Christian, christian studies, christianity, Christlike, Church, Ephesians, Father, Galatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, husband, Husbands, inferior, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, love, marriage, married, marry, mother, new testament, Old Testament, paul, rooted, roots, submission, the church, theologians, theology, wife, wivesabarkley8

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Paul was no chauvinist. He taught the spiritual equality of women and men (Gen 3:28) and wrote eloquently about husbands loving their wives as Christ loved the church-sacrificially and unconditionally (Ephesians 5:25-33). But to a church in a corrupt culture where marriages were in disarray, the brave Paul argued that submission was essential for any institution-government, church, or family. Without authority, chaos reigns. Continue reading WHY DID PAUL SPEAK SO MUCH ABOUT WIVES SUBMITTING TO THEIR HUSBANDS? →

FISHING, EGYPTIAN STYLE

January 1, 2020Churchancient, ancient diet, angle, bait, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible times, big boats, big fish, boats, bronze, Christian, christian studies, christianity, christians, Church, churches, diet, Egypt, egyptians, fish, fisherman, fishing, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hooks, manners and customs, monumetns, mourn, net, nets, new testament, Nile, Nile River, NIV, Old Testament, Religion, religion studies, religion study, religions, river, shore, small boats, study, the church, theologians, theology, water, watersabarkley8

19a3846f762e0d7cd0f52534eb973404 This verse is part of Isaiah’s prophecy of doom against Egypt. God’s punishment would be so devastating that it would spoil the Egyptian fishing industry. Fish taken from the Nile River and it’s tributaries were a staple of this ancient nation’s diet. Continue reading FISHING, EGYPTIAN STYLE →

WOMAN OF THBE BIBLE (JAEL:THE HOSTESS WITH THE HAMMER)

January 1, 2020Church300 years, Bible, bible studies, bible study, canaanite, Canaanites, Character, Christ, Christian, christian studies, christianity, devil, evil, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gods, hammer, Heber, hostess, Israel, Israelites, jabin, Jael, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jordan, Jordan River, Judges, Kedesh, Kenite, King, Kings, leader, manners and customs, marriage, married, marry, military, new testament, Old Testament, prophet, river, Samuel, Satan, sisera, the church, theologians, theology, women of the bible, Zaanannimabarkley8

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Jael is the Bible character who sparks one-liners about “splitting headaches.” She’s the woman who jokesters like to refer to as “as expert at helping men ‘get things through their thick skulls!” But we are getting ahead of ourselves. A bit of context in needed.

Following the Israelites’ crossing of the Jordan River, Israel’s campaign to conquer and settle the promised land got off to a spectacular start. But over time, for multiple reasons, the effort sputtered and lost stem. Taking over a country is trying, not to mention tiring.

By Joshua’s final days, the people of God had pretty much given up attempting to squash the pockets of Canaanite resistance that were popping up left and right. After Joshua went to glory, the nation went off the rails. Continue reading WOMAN OF THBE BIBLE (JAEL:THE HOSTESS WITH THE HAMMER) →

SHOULD A CHURCH DISCIPLINE IT’S MEMBERS?

January 1, 2020Church1 corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, bad, Bible, bible studies, bible study, Christ, christian studies, christianity, christians, Church, churchwide, devil, evil, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good, Holy, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Bible, King James Holy Bible, members, new testament, Old Testament, Satan, theologians, theologyabarkley8

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Yes. Church discipline is that unpleasant but sometimes necessary final process in maintaining purity among the people of God. It is a radical kind of churchwide accountability that says, “We cannot and will not allow you to continue to live in sin,” and “We will exert extreme pressure on you in order to get you to do what is right.” Continue reading SHOULD A CHURCH DISCIPLINE IT’S MEMBERS? →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY (DIVERSITY)

December 30, 2019Uncategorized1 corinthians, abraham, Adam, Adam and Eve, Bible, bible definition, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, definition, definition of the day, definitions, earth, Ephesians, Eve, Exodus, Galatians, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's Church, HCSB, his church, human, Jerusalem, Jewish, jews, John, KJV, new testament, NIV, NKJV, Old Testament, population, Psalm, revelation, theologyabarkley8

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Characteristic of human and animal populations (Gen 10; Acts 17:26-27). Out of His richness God created an unfathomable number of creatures to fill the earth (Gen 1:11-12, 20-22,24-25) and respond to Him in praise (Ps 148). Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY (DIVERSITY) →

THE JEWISH CLOCK

December 30, 2019Uncategorized6:00, 9:00, acts, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, clock, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hour, jesus, Jewish, Jewish clock, jews, John, manners and customs, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, roman, Romans, third, third hour, timeabarkley8

To the Jews of New Testament times, sundown marked the end of an old day and the beginning of a new day. The twenty-four-hour period between each sundown was divided into twelve hours of night–beginning about 6:00 p.m.-and twelve hours of daylight-beginning with dawn at about 6:00 a.m. Continue reading THE JEWISH CLOCK →

WHY THE FREQUENT REFERENCES TO PROSTITUTES AND PROSTITUTION IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA?

December 30, 2019UncategorizedBaal, Christ, crops, Ephraim, false god, False gods, give, giving, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gods, guilty, health, healthy, Hosea, Israel, jesus, Jesus Chirst, Jewish, jews, joy, Lord, new testament, Old Testamen, pagan, physical, prostitution, rejoice, theologians, theology, unfaithful, vanaanite, whoredom, worshipabarkley8

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Israel was guilty of participating in various pagan worship practices. This included actual, physical prostitution at many Canaanite shrines left standing after the conquest of Canaan. The idea behind these degrading sexual rites was that the Canaanites fertility gods Baal and Asherah would favor the participants with healthy babies and crops. Continue reading WHY THE FREQUENT REFERENCES TO PROSTITUTES AND PROSTITUTION IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA? →

WOMAN OF THE BIBLE (A BLEEDING WOMAN)

December 30, 2019Uncategorizedbleed, bleeding, bleeding woman, blood, bowed, christ feet, chronic, condition, daughter, devil, disorder, eivl, foot, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gynecological, Jesus smile, Jesus Smiling, Jewish, jews, Leviticus, Luke, Mark, Mark 5:34, Matthew, medical, medical condition, menstrual, nature, new testament, Old Testament, peace, poor woman, Satan, Sin, sinned, sinner, touch, touched, womanabarkley8

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Three of the four Gospels tell her story (Matt 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48), yet we don’t know her name. We don’t even know the name of her medical condition, only that she had some sort of incurable bleeding disorder-possibly hemophilia or, more likely, something gynecological in nature mophilia or, more likely, something gynecological in nature. Continue reading WOMAN OF THE BIBLE (A BLEEDING WOMAN) →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY “DIVORCE”

December 26, 2019Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, bible definition, bible studies, bible study, body of Christ, Christ, Christian, christian studies, christianity, Christlike, chronological, Church, convenant, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Deuteronomy, divorce, divorced, Ezra, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, husband, Israel, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, Leviticus, Luke, Malachi, Mark, marriage, marriages, married, marry, Matthew, NASB, new testament, nonbelievers, Old Testament, paul, roman, Romans, sexual immorality, sexual sin, sexually, Sin, sinned, sinner, the church, theology, Titus, wifeabarkley8

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Breaking of the marriage covenant. An action contrary to the pattern of “one man, one woman, one lifetime” revealed by God in Gen. 1:27; 2:21-25. The root idea implied a cutting of the marriage bond. While ancient cultures different in details, most had a concept of marriage and a corresponding concept of divorce. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “DIVORCE” →