Category Archives: Obedience

Rain on Tender Plants

Posted on October 5, 2014 by wamplerp

Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.  Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew,  like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. – Deuteronomy 32:1-2 This passage … Continue reading →

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A Well Watered or Dry Land

Posted on October 2, 2014 by wamplerp

You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here. You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold. Make sure there is … Continue reading →

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Someone Else’s Story

Posted on September 21, 2014 by wamplerp

Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky. The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about … Continue reading →

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Free of God if We Choose

Posted on September 16, 2014 by wamplerp

You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image … Continue reading →

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Carried Like a Son (or Daughter)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by wamplerp

But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You grumbled in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the … Continue reading →

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Lines in the Sand

Posted on September 12, 2014 by wamplerp

Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:   “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along … Continue reading →

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Stages in the Journey

Posted on September 11, 2014 by wamplerp

Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey … Continue reading →

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The wrong side of the Jordan

Posted on September 10, 2014 by wamplerp

Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children. But we will arm ourselves for battle and go ahead of the Israelites until we … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Trail #3 – Circling Back

Posted on September 9, 2014 by wamplerp

Well I have reached another milestone for “Walking on Water”.  This is my 80th post so I decided a rabbit trail was in order.  I have decided to start at the beginning and read through all of my posts to … Continue reading →

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Full on or Full off?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by wamplerp

On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered … Continue reading →

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