Category Archives: Discernment

Pierced for our Transgressions

Posted on November 19, 2015 by wamplerp

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?   He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to … Continue reading →

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He Will Sprinkle Many Nations

Posted on November 17, 2015 by wamplerp

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord . “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock, ” declares the Lord . “And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.   … Continue reading →

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Was my arm too short to deliver you?

Posted on November 15, 2015 by wamplerp

This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions … Continue reading →

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Roads Through the Mountains

Posted on November 14, 2015 by wamplerp

This is what the Lord says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the … Continue reading →

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I Am and There is None Besides Me

Posted on November 11, 2015 by wamplerp

“Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, queen city of the Babylonians.  No more will you be called tender or delicate.   Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift … Continue reading →

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Drinking no Water

Posted on November 10, 2015 by wamplerp

The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows … Continue reading →

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I Belong to the Lord

Posted on November 9, 2015 by wamplerp

But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.   This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, … Continue reading →

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Streams in the Wasteland

Posted on November 7, 2015 by wamplerp

This is what the Lord says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, … Continue reading →

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The Poor and Needy Search for Water

Posted on October 28, 2015 by wamplerp

“The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will make rivers flow on barren … Continue reading →

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A Drop in the Bucket

Posted on October 27, 2015 by wamplerp

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.   Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for … Continue reading →

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