Every Word – The Extra Mile
For the camels, too! “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” – Genesis 24:19
For the camels, too! “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” – Genesis 24:19
That’s who God is! “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” – Psalm 86:5
The island of South Georgia located near the bottom of the world in freezing Antarctic waters is one of the most inhospitable and remote places on planet Earth. No humans live here permanently. Conditions are just too harsh. It is also the scene of one of the greatest survival and rescue stories of all time.…
That’s who God is! “But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.” – Genesis 45:5
It’s what Jesus said! “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest.” – Luke 6:35
“Prayer isn’t working!” “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14
That’s who God is! “He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
If we have to be here… “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.” – John 17:15
We might want to ask ourselves… “What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?” – Isaiah 5:4
Can’t be bothered? “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.” – Proverbs 4:26
Money in the bank? “The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep. There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches kept for their owner to his hurt.” – Ecclesiastes 5:12-13
Imagine how God feels. “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: ‘I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me; the ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.’” – Isaiah 1:2-3
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