by David Keesling | Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 2:5 “Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on” (NIV). Observation: Israel had begun their desert wanderings under God’s specific direction. In Deuteronomy 2:4, He had said they were about...
by David Keesling | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Song of Songs 8:6 “Place me as a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire, like a mighty flame” (NIV). Observation: The love depicted in Song of Songs has previously...
by David Keesling | Oct 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
2 Kings 3:18 “This is but a slight thing in the sight of the Lord.” Observation: The immediate context of this statement is Elisha’s confidence that it would be an easy thing for the Lord, without using wind or rain, to fill a desert valley with water for the men and...
by David Keesling | Oct 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
2 Corinthians 2:1 “I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you” (NIV). Observation: Much of 2 Corinthians 1 and the beginning of the second chapter seem to be travelogue. Paul wrote in 1:15 about having tried to arrange his itinerary so as to...
by David Keesling | Oct 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
2 Samuel 18:33 “The king was deeply moved and went to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, ‘O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son!’” Observation: Hear the broken heart of a father...
