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PSALM 3 PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM ENEMIES. TRUST IN GOD UNDER ADVERSITY. A PSALM OF DAVID WHEN HE FLED FROM HIS SON ABSALOM When I read so many of the Psalms which talk about enemies, I ask who are my enemies. We live in a time when terrorists attack people in hate crimes. The Psalm uses the image of a shield. We ask God to protect us from terrorists. When so many die, does God fail to protect? David’s answer is to lie down and sleep and trust in God. This may seem to be a simplistic answer on a day of grief. We should seek God before a tragedy instead of only after.
“Deliverance belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people!”
MATTHEW 15:
MATTHEW 15: 1-20 CONFLICT OVER TRADITION AND AUTHORITY WHAT MAKES PEOPLE “UNCLEAN”?-Evil comes from human beings and that is what makes us unclean (evil). (11-13-15) The origin of evil is in the desire of the human being to be God, that is, to dictate the rules of life. We as human beings are the source of evil, loved so much by our Creator LORD God that we can disobey our Heavenly Father. This is hard pill to swallow. To follow about Psalm 3 above, God did not shoot the victims, a human being did who acted out of evil. The desire to kill and hate comes from humans not from God or even Satan acting out of their lives.
MATTHEW 15: 21-28 THE CANAANITE WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER THE FAITH OF A WOMAN FROM CANAAN This becomes a very important healing done by Jesus for two reasons, first Jesus helps a poor widow, and second, she is a non-Jew. MATTHEW is saying Jesus’ love extends beyond the people of Israel.
MATTHEW 15: 29-31 FURTHUR HEALINGS
MATTHEW 15: 32-39 THE SECOND FEEDING. JESUS FEEDS THE FOUR THOUSAND
GENESIS 29-30
GENESIS 29:1-30 JACOB’S MARRIAGES TO LABAN’S DAUGHTERS JACOB ARRIVES IN PADDAM ARAM
JACOB GETS MARRIED TO LEAH AND RACHEL
GENESIS 29:34-GENESIS 30:24 THE BIRTH OF ELEVEN OF JACOB’S SONS AND DINAH
JACOB BECOMES THE FATHER OF MANY CHILDREN-REUBEN Leah, SIMEON Leah, LEVI Leah, and JUDAH Leah.
DAN Bilhah, NAPHTALI Bilhah
GAD Zilpah, ASHER Zilpah
ISSACHAR Leah, ZEBULUN Leah, DINAH Leah
JOSEPH Rachel
GENESIS 30:25-43 THE BIRTH OF JACOB’S FLOCKS The trickery of Jacob
ACTS 15:1-35 JERUSALEM AFFIRMS THE ADMISSION OF GENTILES CHURCH LEADERS MEET IN JERUSALEM
A LETTER IS WRITTEN TO NON-JEWISH BELIEVERS. This letter represents the first Church council which did not create the rule of circumcision for Gentiles.
ACTS 15:36-41 THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY BEGINS
PAUL AND BARNABUS DO NOT AGREE. The Book of ACTS follows the career of Paul. ACTS tells the history of the Church, the way the Holy Spirit worked to establish the Church.