by David Keesling | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Genesis 49:33 “When Jacob had finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.” Observation: Genesis 48 and 49 record the deathbed scene of a man still fully engaged. He first blessed Joseph’s two sons,...
by David Keesling | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Joshua 18:3 “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord has given you?” (NIV). Observation: The nation had entered the Promised Land and it was time for the tribes to establish themselves in regions of their own. A few tribes...
by David Keesling | Jun 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
John 7:19, 24 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?…Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” Observation: Jesus, teaching in the Jerusalem temple, was greeted by...
by David Keesling | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Matthew 13:57-58 “And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.’ And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.” Observation: The people in Jesus’s hometown...
by David Keesling | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 30:6-8 “David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. Then David said to Abiathar the priest, . . . ‘Please...
by David Keesling | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 1:3 “Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded concerning them” (NIV). Observation: Forty years of wandering in the desert had ended, and Moses was proclaiming God’s precepts to the Israelites. Key enemies had been defeated, and it...
