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"David said to Gad, 'I am in great distress ....' “. His distress was all his own fault. He sinned in numbering Israel and had to suffer for his error. ... Read more

"confessing their sins". John the Baptist preached repentance and those baptised by him in Jordan confessed their sins. The Apostle John wrote that if we confess our sins He is ... Read more

"the angels of God met him". The angels of God must often meet God's children. The difference is that whereas Jacob apparently recognised they were angels, we do not normally ... Read more

p>"He gives power to the weak". The Lord can confidently give this promise because the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth neither faints nor ... Read more

"all the people said, 'Amen!' and praised the Lord"It was not the murmur we sometimes hear at the close of set prayer or intercession: neither was it the expression of ... Read more

"This fellow is one of them". Peter missed his opportunity to witness! He could have stood out, true to his word and been the only voice raised in support of ... Read more

"thy judgments are a great deep". The Psalmist here is referring to all God's ways and decisions particularly as they affect us. Knowing that His judgments are the product of ... Read more

"be imitators of God, as beloved children". Children make good imitators because they watch. They stand and stare and take in everything. Then when you're gone, they put on a ... Read more

"something should be given her to eat”. It needed this word from Jesus to remind the parents of their need to give food to their daughter whom He had raised ... Read more

"But Jonah ran away". Not the best thing to do in hindsight, but an instinctive reaction when called to go to Nineveh. Jonah could have thought of a number of ... Read more