Category Archives: Love for the Lost

Calming the Storm

Posted on March 31, 2018 by wamplerp

He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord , the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Covenant, Death and Dying, Discipleship, Following God, Forgiveness, Free Will, Jesus, Jonah, Love for the Lost, Obedience, Redemption, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Searching for the word of the Lord

Posted on March 23, 2018 by wamplerp

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord , “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord . People … Continue reading →

Posted in Amos, Covenant, Discernment, Following God, Free Will, God's Love for Us, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Love for the Lost, Obedience, reconciliation, Redemption, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Justice into Poison

Posted on March 22, 2018 by wamplerp

For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits. Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned … Continue reading →

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Waywardness

Posted on March 8, 2018 by wamplerp

“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down … Continue reading →

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Children of the Living God

Posted on February 20, 2018 by wamplerp

“Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ … Continue reading →

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Domestication

Posted on December 30, 2017 by wamplerp

Your Majesty saw a holy one, a messenger, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain … Continue reading →

Posted in Daniel, Discernment, Discipleship, Following God, Free Will, God's Love for Us, Jesus, Love for the Lost, Obedience, Prophecy, Redemption, The Earthly Realm, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Eddying out after Ezekiel

Posted on December 25, 2017 by wamplerp

Merry Christmas!  Well I finally made it through Ezekiel! Phew that was hard! I have been “stuck” in a recirculating eddy in Ezekiel since July 22, 2016! I started my float through Ezekiel with a reflection about the Kebar River. I … Continue reading →

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Inheritance

Posted on December 21, 2017 by wamplerp

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph. You are to divide it equally among them. … Continue reading →

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A River that no One Could Cross

Posted on December 19, 2017 by wamplerp

The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Covenant, Ezekiel, Following God, God's Love for Us, Gospel, Love for the Lost, Prophecy, reconciliation, Redemption, The Nature of God, The Spiritual Realm, Trusting God | Tagged , , , , , , , | 51 Comments

Hearts of Flesh

Posted on December 15, 2017 by wamplerp

For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse … Continue reading →

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