Gratitude is the "natural expression of thanks in response to blessings, protection, or love." Gratitude was a way of life for the Hebrew people. When the experienced good, they thanked…
Samuel was the result of a tearful prayer by his mother, Hannah. Because God answered her prayer and gave her a son, Hannah named him Samuel which means "asked of…
Toward the end of the period of Judges, we encounter a woman who struggled with some very difficult circumstances in her life. We know her as Hannah, the first wife…
In Judges 17 and 18 we see Satan utilizing a choice that was made for his own benefit. We began with a man from Ephraim named Micah, a young Levite…
Encouragement in all its form is designed to give a person confidence and courage to do something. Scripture encourages believers to trust in God and to rely on the enabling…
Though Samson is angry with his father-in-law, he decides to take it out on the Philistines. His plan was to destroy the Philistine economy, which is what he did. When…
The questions "what must I do to be saved" and "what must I do to stayed saved" are equally important. There are requirements to be saved; One must hear the…
When we remember the man Jephthah, what is foremost in our minds? Is it that he served as a judge of Israel? Is the only judge recruited by men instead…
Many people today feel that they are morally upright people and that God is somehow pleased with them. Their line of reasoning may go something like this: "Everyone knows that…