Samson’s ended up in some pretty big trouble – the kind you can’t really get out of. Most of us won’t experience that kind of trouble in our lives, thankfully. But it’s worth noting that God gave him one more moment of strength back – just enough to bring down the Philistines. Why do you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘power’
Samson’s redemption – YELLOW
Posted: March 20, 2012 in YellowTags: interpretation, judges, power, redemption, Samson
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Deborah at the helm
Posted: March 16, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: Deborah, judges, leadership, politics, power, women
Think about the important women we’ve met so far in the Bible. Done? Ok, now think about how we identify most of those women: Eve is Adam’s partner Sarah is Abraham’s wife Rebekah is Isaac’s wife Rachel and Leah are Jacob’s wives Dinah is Jacob’s daughter Tamar is Judah’s daughter-in-law Miriam is Moses’ sister Jael [...]
Keep walking – YELLOW
Posted: March 14, 2012 in YellowTags: fear, Jericho, power, VeggieTales, walking
Every time I read this story, I get the VeggieTales song “Keep Walking” stuck in my head. (Now it’s in yours too? Happy to help.) Maybe you’ve seen Josh and the Big Wall, and maybe you haven’t, but I like the way it imagines how people would have reacted to God’s instructions. All the Bible [...]
It’s not about you.
Posted: March 3, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: Aaron, humility, Moses, patience, power
That’s a popular phrase recently – “it’s not about you” – but it’s a pretty important thing to remember. Often, it just isn’t about us. Sometimes, occasionally, it is about us, and it’s good for us to be aware of when that’s true. But mostly, it’s about someone or something else. If only Moses had [...]
It will change your life!
Posted: February 22, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: commercialism, Moses, power, providence, water
Problem. Cry for help. Intervention. Happiness. This is the pattern of just about every TV commercial you will ever see. Arnold has bad credit/bad breath/bad clothes. Arnold asks the sky/his wife/his friend for help. The celebrity endorser/his wife/his friend says “Here! This product will solve all your problems!” Arnold not only now has good credit/good [...]
It sounds like Pharaoh is finally ready to let the people go. His heart has been changed, right? Well, maybe, but take a look at what Pharaoh says and does as opposed to what the other Egyptians say and do. The Egyptians are grieving, they say “We are all dead men”, and they load up [...]
Prince of Egypt
Posted: February 16, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: interpretation, Moses, Pharaoh, plagues, power
Do you have a picture in your mind of what the plagues were like? If not, take a minute now to think about it, before you read any farther. See them in your mind’s eye. Got an image or two? Good. Now check out the way the moviePrince of Egypt portrays the plagues: How does [...]
The power of humility
Posted: February 7, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: courage, power, Puah, Shiphrah
Had Shiphrah and Puah been anyone that Pharaoh actually respected, the Hebrews might have been in a lot more trouble. But sometimes there is power in being underestimated. Because Pharaoh thought that Shiphrah and Puah were “just” women, and “just” Hebrew women, he didn’t punish them for letting the boys live. He was ready to [...]
If you were to think of a time when Joseph might have been tested by God, what would you pick? Would you pick his tough relationship with his brothers as a kid? When he was first sold into slavery? When he was wrongly accused and jailed for something he didn’t do? What about today’s story [...]
What would we gain? – ORANGE
Posted: January 27, 2012 in OrangeTags: Dinah, division, feelings, Jacob, power, responsibility, Shechem
“What would we gain from the Bible by having yet another story of humiliation and pain?” asks Rabbi Lia Bass. We are not yet done with the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, and how many stories of humiliation and pain have we found? What would we gain by having yet another? [...]
