SHADOWS IN JERICHO

Spiritual Nuggets  (Light in the Darkness) Daily Devotional   Saturday, August 31, 2024 "The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."   —John 1:5 (NASB)   Hymn by Gerhard Tersteegen: "Midst the Darkness, Storm, and Sorrow" Midst the darkness, storm, and sorrow,   One bright gleam I see;   Well I know the blessed morrow,   Christ will come for me.   'Midst the night of doubt and sadness,   When the truth shone near,   When the sun of joy and gladness   Broke forth clear and fair. Oftentimes the sky was darkened,   Ne'er the bright day broke;   All the world to me seemed darkened,   Faith seemed but a cloak.   But the gleam of light grew stronger,   Brighter day by day;   And the waiting seemed not longer   In the morning ray. Yes, I know the blessed morrow   Christ will come again;...

The Immensity of God (Pt 2) A Journey Into the Father’s Heart A.W. Tozer ( Volume 1 - Pg 23-24 PT 2) Scripture teaches the immensity of God. It says in Isaiah: "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,   And marked off the heavens by the span,   And comprehended the dust of the Earth in a measure,   Weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?"   —Isaiah 40:12 Imagine going out millions of light years into space and finding a body so vast that you could throw our entire solar system into it like throwing a shovel full of coal into a furnace. It would simply swallow up our solar system and go on. After you’ve thought of all that, remember that God contains all of that. Remember that God is outside of all things, inside of all things, and around all things. Remember that our God made it all. That is the immensity of God. The Holy Ghost is bigger than all the universe. This little hazelnut that Julian of Norwich saw: "Beh...

The Measure of God's Majesty Daily Devotional  (Friday, August 30, 2024) Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,   And marked off the heavens by the span,   And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,   And weighed the mountains in a balance,   And the hills in a pair of scales?   —Isaiah 40:12 (NASB) (About This Devotional)   This daily reflection seeks to draw us into awe and wonder at the incomparable majesty of God. We will explore the imagery and symbolism in Isaiah 40:12, revealing the profound truth of God’s sovereignty and power over all creation. (Scripture: Isaiah 40:12, NASB)   "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and marked off the heavens by the span, and calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance and the hills in a pair of scales?" (Exegesis and Reflection)   In this verse, the prophet Isaiah uses vivid...

God's Immensity (Pt 1) A.W. Tozer   A Journey into the Father's Heart (Vol 1 Pg 17-20) "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"   —Matthew 16:25-26 "And your life is hid with Christ in God."   —Colossians 3:3 "Doubtless, I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ."   —Philippians 3:8 Father, we aren’t worthy to think these thoughts, and our friends are unworthy to hear them expressed. But we will try to hear worthily and speak worthily. We know that we have looked upon evil sights, heard with our ears evil words, and walked in evil ways, but now we trust that is behind us, and our eyes are upon You. Show Thyself to us, O God. Shepherd, sweet Wonder, Jesus, ...

(Module 1) Typological Linking—How Jesus' Parables, Nature, and Scripture Reveal Infinite Spiritual Truths _"God's Word is His living fingerprint on His creation. It marks it, defines it, and forms it into the shape He desires. It is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, and omni-temporal."_   — Randall Nelsen (Introduction) Jesus often used parables to convey deep spiritual truths by setting them alongside everyday objects or concepts familiar to His audience. The Greek word (παραβολή) (parabolē, Strong's G3850), meaning "a setting beside," captures this method perfectly. Jesus’ parables serve as a bridge between the natural and the spiritual, illustrating how physical realities can reveal divine truths. This approach is closely related to (typology), a biblical interpretive method where events, objects, or people in the Old Testament are seen as prefiguring or foreshadowing events, objects, or people in the New Testament. The word (τύπος) (typos, Strong...

Barring No Place Profane Evangelism By Mark Van Houten  (Pages 84-88) Many Christians view bars as the antithesis of the church. What they don't realize is that by deciding not to set foot in a bar, they make it easier for unbelievers to reach a similar resolve—not to set foot in a church. What these Christians don't realize is that bars are excellent places for them to exhibit God's presence in every aspect of life. I have seen more people come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ in bars than anywhere else. I emphasize that these barroom conversations were not drunken commitments; the conversions of which I speak were all sober commitments made only after serious and relatively long-term shepherding into discipleship. It seems that bars fill a serious human need in our fragmented, mobile, anonymous society that thirsts for fellowship, and so a bar is very able to quench more than one kind of thirst. I firmly believe that the church is the only other neighborhood organization...

God's Infinitude (Pt 2) A Journey into the Father's Heart Pages 6-7 by A.W. Tozer What About Power? What about power? If God had all the power there is except a little bit, and if somebody else had a little bit of power hoarded that God couldn't get to, then we couldn't worship God. We couldn't say that this God is of infinite power because He wouldn't be of infinite power. He’d just be close to it. While He would be more powerful than any other being and perhaps even more powerful than all the things in the universe lumped together, He still would have a defect, and therefore, He couldn't be God. Our God is perfect—perfect in knowledge and power. If God had goodness but there was one spot in God that wasn't good, then He wouldn't be our God and Father. If God had love but didn't have all the love—just 99 and 9/10% of the love, or even a higher percentage—God still wouldn't be God. God, to be God, must be infinite in all that He is. He must h...