Faith, Family and Food
1 Samuel 25 tells us a story of an interaction between three people, David, Nabal and Abigail. The three of them respond in three different ways and we will be looking into all three. Our actions affect our outcomes and we see this clearly through this story. As we spend time in this passage of... Continue Reading →
When we open our scripture passage today in Numbers 34, we get a detailed instruction of the boundaries of the land the people were to inherit and the appointed leaders who God placed to be responsible over apportioning it to each tribe. It begins with a simple instruction from God. Num 34:1-2 “The Lord said to Moses, Command... Continue Reading →
Num 32:1-5 “The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock. So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said, ….the land the Lord subdued before the people of Israel are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock. If we have... Continue Reading →
Numbers 31 constitutes the war declared by the Lord against the Midianites. This war was the Lord’s vengeance, because of the wickedness of the Midianites, who caused the seduction of the Israelites in the pagan worship of Baal of Peor (Num 25). The second generation of Israel, now poised in the plains of Moab were... Continue Reading →
Going back a few years, I had another mum at my son’s school who was always very friendly whenever we saw each other at school events and we would have a lovely chat and she would say, “We have to meet up outside of school, we should catch up over coffee”. My son graduated from... Continue Reading →
Num 28:1-2 “The Lord said to Moses, “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.” As we open Numbers 28 and 29, we see God speak to Moses to remind the generation of Israelites about to enter the... Continue Reading →
Numbers 27:1b “The names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.” These young women’s names are forever in scripture, remembered for their courage, their manner and the change they initiated. Zelophehad’s daughters did not have any brothers, their father had died in the wilderness. The people were about to enter... Continue Reading →
Num 26:1-2 “After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.” God instructed Moses to take a second census. We looked at the first census in Numbers 1,... Continue Reading →
We have been studying the story of Balaam and Balak and how they found it difficult to defeat God’s people and the spiritual battle that they engaged in, with the hope to defeat the people of God. Despite King Balak’s pressure and Balaam’s desire to do otherwise, this false prophet consistently pronounced blessings on Israel.... Continue Reading →
We find ourselves in Numbers 24 continuing through the story of King Balak and Balaam. King Balak of Moab hires the diviner Balaam to curse Israel. In the previous chapter, we saw that twice Balaam blessed the Israelites instead of cursing them as God had placed the message he desired to be spoken in Balaam’s... Continue Reading →
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