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Refresh Your Hearts

“Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourself under the tree. And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts… So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and … Continue reading

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Feeding Elijah and Elisha

Elijah (my God is Jehovah) and Elisha (my God is salvation) were, in some ways, very different. Consider: (1) There is no evidence that Elijah came from a wealthy background. Elisha seems to have been. He plowed with twelve yokes … Continue reading

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Baking Up Sin

Hosea 7 uses the metaphor of a baker and baking to describe the people of Israel. Let us notice. 1. “They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker – he ceases stirring the fire after kneading the … Continue reading

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