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989. Prophecy About Egypt and Ethiopia 1. Today's Passage: Isaiah 10:1-6 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 13th strategy. Foreshadowing, Prophecy, Promises, and/or Fulfillment of Foreshadowing, Prophecy, or Promises
1. In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod, 2. the LORD told Isaiah son of Amoz, "Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals." Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot. 3. Then the LORD said, "My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the last three years. This is a sign — a symbol of the terrible troubles I will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia. 4. For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and the Ethiopians as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt. 5. Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt! 6. They will say, 'If this can happen to Egypt, what chance do we have? We were counting on Egypt to protect us from the king of Assyria.'" Isaiah 20:1-6 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016
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988. A Message About Egypt 1. Today's Passage: Isaiah 19:1-25 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 13th strategy. Foreshadowing, Prophecy, Promises, and/or Fulfillment of Foreshadowing, Prophecy, or Promises
1. This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud. The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear. 2. 'I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian — brother against against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, province against province. 3. The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead. 4. I will hand Egypt over to a hard, cruel master. A fierce king will rule them," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. 5. The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The river bed will be parched and dry. 6. The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes. 7. All the greenery along the riverbank and all the crops along the river will dry up and blow away. 8. The fishermen will lament for lack of work. Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan, and those who use nets will lose heart. 9. There will be no flax for the harvesters, no thread for the weavers. 10. They will be in despair, and all the workers will be sick at heart. 11. What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors? 12. Where are your wise counselors, Pharaoh? Let them tell you what God plans, what the LORD of Heaven's Armies is going to do to Egypt. 13. The officials of Zoan are fools, and the officials of Memphis are deluded. The leaders of the people have led Egypt astray. 14. The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause Egypt to stagger like a drunk in his vomit. 15. There is nothing Egypt can do. All are helpless — the head and the tail, the noble palm branch and the lowly reed. 16. In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fist of the LORD of Heaven's Armies. 17. Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the LORD of Heaven's Armies has laid out his plans against them. 18. In that day five of Egypt's cities will follow the LORD of Heaven's Armies. They will even begin to speak Hebrew, the language of Canaan. One of these cities will be Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. 19. In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border. 20. It will be a sign and a witness the the LORD of Heaven's Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them. 21. The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it. 22. The LORD will strike Egypt, and then he will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them. 23. In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God. 24. And Israel will be their ally. The three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them. 25. For the LORD of Heaven's Armies will say, "Blessed be Egypt, my people, Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!" Isaiah 19:1-25 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 987. A Message about Ethiopia 1. Today's Passage: Isaiah 18:1-7 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 2nd strategy Meditation in WORSHIP God is able to speak to us through those words that we read and reread, as we think about what we have read and ponder those words infiltrate our minds and change us. They give us a better understanding of what God is saying in His word. Through that better understanding we begin to think differently, and our attitudes and lives change. Even our actions toward ourselves, others and the world change to be more Christlike. And isn't that what Christians desire? To be Christ like. To be Christ followers. To know God. 1. Listen, Ethiopia — land of fluttering sails that lies at the headwaters of the Nile, 2. that sends ambassadors in swift boats down the river. Go, swift messengers! Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction, and whose land is divided by rivers. 3. All you people of the world, everyone who lives on the earth — when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look! When I blow the ram's horn, listen! 4. For the LORD has told me this: "I will watch quietly from my dwelling place — as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day. or as the morning dew forms during the harvest." 5. Even before you begin your attack, while your plans are ripening like grapes, the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears. He will snip off and discard your spreading branches. 6. Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields for the mountain vultures and wild animals. The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer. The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter. 7. At that time the LORD of Heaven's Armies will receive gifts from this land divided by rivers, from this tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction. They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem, where the LORD of Heaven's Armies dwells. Isaiah 18:1-7 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 986. "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked. 1. Today's Passage: Mark 10:46-52 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 18th strategy. Praising and Thanking God.
46. Then they reached Jericho, and as Jesus and his disciples left town, a large crowd followed him. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus) was sitting beside the road. 47. When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 48. "Be quiet!" many of the people yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 49. When Jesus heard him, he stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said. "Come on, he's calling you!" 50. Bartimaeus threw aside his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus. 51. "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked. "My rabbi," the blind man said, "I want to see!" 52. And Jesus said to him, "Go, for your faith has healed you." Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road. Mark 10:46-52 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 985. Jesus Teaches About Serving Others 1. Today's Passage: Mark 10:35-45 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 19th strategy. Asking Questions about the Passage and Allowing this Passage to Change My Life.
35. Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do us a favor." 36. "What is your request?" he asked. 37. They replied, "When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left." 38. But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?" 39. "Oh yes," they replied, "we are able!" Then Jesus told them, "You will indeed drink from my bitter cup and be baptized with my baptism of suffering. 40. But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.' 41. When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. 42. So Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 43. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44. and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 45. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:35-45 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 984. Jesus' Sufferings Foretold 1. Today's Passage: Mark 10:32-34 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 19th strategy. Asking Questions about the Passage and Allowing this Passage to Change My Life.
32. They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus once more began to describe everything that was about to happen to him. 33. "Listen," he said, "we're going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die and hand him over to the Romans. 34. They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again." Mark 10:32-34 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 983. Rich Young Ruler 1. Today's Passage: Mark 10:17-31 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 19th strategy. Asking Questions about the Passage and Allowing this Passage to Change My Life.
17. As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 18. "Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked. "Only God is truly good. 19. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: 'You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.'" 20. "Teacher," the man replied, "I've obeyed all these commandments since I was young." 21. Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. "There is still one thing you haven't done," he told him. "Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." 22. At this the man's face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. 23. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!" 24. This amazed them. But Jesus said again, "Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God. 25. In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!" 26. The disciples were astounded. "Then who in the world can be saved?" they asked. 27. Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God." 28. Then Peter began to speak up, "We've given up everything to follow you," he said. 29. "Yes," Jesus replied, "and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, 30. will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses; brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property — along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life. 31. But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then." Mark 10:17-31 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 982. Jesus Blesses the Children 1. Today's Passage: Mark 10: 13-16 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 19th strategy. Asking Questions about the Passage and Allowing this Passage to Change My Life.
13. One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him. 14. When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, "Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 15. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." 16. Then he took the children in his arms and placed his hands on their heads and blessed them. Mark 10;13-16 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 981. Discussion about Divorce and Marriage 1. Today's Passage: Mark 10:1-12 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 20th Strategy. And What Do I Do With That?
1. Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River. Once again crowds gathered around him, and as usual he was teaching them. 2. Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?" 3. Jesus answered them with a question: "What did Moses say in the law about divorce?" 4. "Well, he permitted it," they replied. "He said a man can give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away." 5. But Jesus responded, "He wrote this commandment only as a concession to your hard hearts. 6. But 'God made them male and female' from the beginning of creation. 7. 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, 8. and two are united into one.' Since they are no longer two but on,' 9. let no one split apart what God has joined together." 10. Later, when he was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the subject again. 11. He told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery against her. 12. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries someone else, she commits adultery." Mark 10:1-12 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 980. Dire Warnings 1. Today's Passage: Mark 9:38-50 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 12th strategy. History - So, now I know where it is.
38. John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he wasn't in our group." 39. "Don't stop him!" Jesus said. "No one who performs a miracle in my name will soon be able to speak evil of me. 40. Anyone who is not against us is for us. 41. If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to the Messiah, I tell you the truth, that person will surely be rewarded. 42. "But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck. 43. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet. 47. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It's better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48. where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.' 49. "For everyone will be tested with fire. 50. Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other." Mark 9:38-50 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 |
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