Devotional for friends // Devocional para as amigas

  There was another thing that I should have written yesterday, but I didn’t. Now, I have something else. I have learned that we have to be very attentive when we are reading the Bible. Look out for repeated words or sentences. Contrast of ideas or complementary ideas. Or words that were key in another story, especially words that were repeated or key in the first three chapters of the Bible. They are very important chapters that we must keep in mind. The themes of those stories are repeated throughout the Bible. Anyway. The reading of this morning was Numbers 32:1 – 42. The words that jumped off the page were “discourage” and “arm yourselves for battle”. They were repeated throughout the chapter. So, I thought about what it is that the LORD wants me to see. We all have encountered people during our lifetime who are champions at discouraging people from practically everything. There is nothing you can say to them that they will b...

  We used to say that we do our laundry at home, right? I mean, our problems we solve among four walls. No outsider needs to hear what is going on inside our family, as an example. Another thing that came to mind was, have you seen or heard how dangerous it is to face a mama bear with her cubs? No kidding. If she feels threatened by you, or feels that you impose a risk to her cubs, start making your prayers because you are about to meet your Creator.  Even though God protects his people, that is not an excuse to get a guilt-free card. In the family of God, that happens too. When we read the Bible, we notice that His people, or should I say humans, have always rebelled against God. How? Well, the main way to rebel against God is not trusting His Word. His Word is sacred, true, and worthy. During the way to the promised land, the people of Israel, all of them, I mean most of them, have rebelled against God more than once. God patiently ...