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About Zech 12:10 By David Guzik – Enduring Word Today, let's talk about looking, weeping, and living . I'm going to read you from Zechariah 12, verse 10, where we read this. And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication. Then they will look on me whom they have pierced. Yes, they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for him as one grieves for a firstborn. Zechariah 12:10 Zechariah 12 is all about a great outpouring of the spirit of God upon his ancient people of Israel. He promises to bless, restore, and strengthen them in the last days. As Zechariah tells us in chapter 12, verse 10, part of this great outpouring of strength and might to defend Jerusalem will be an outpouring of his spirit. But it will be for grace and supplication. God will move among Israel and bring saving grace and repentant prayer. Then God made a remarkable promise: Then they will look o...

By David Guzik {enduringword.com} on May 26, 2024 (Abraham) said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” Genesis 15:8 Jesus spoke of faith that could move mountains (based on Matthew 17:20), but often our doubts seem to create those mountains. Trusting God and His promises is a constant challenge, faced by everyone who has ever tried to chase away doubt. Sometimes doubt comes from unbelief – an attitude that doubts God will keep His word or can keep His promises. Other times doubt is connected to faith that is growing and maturing; a doubt that recognizes that there is no weakness or wavering in God, but we are weak in our ability to trust. This was the kind of doubt that led a desperate father to say to Jesus, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24) God promised Abram a son and he waited ten (10!) years. Abram was successful in business and every other enterprise, but he thought “what good is all that without the fulfillment of God’s promis...

24th of May 2024 by David Guzik Let's talk about when Gd makes a "Big Use of Small Things". For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth. Zech 4:10 Zechariah's question rings through us today. Almost every one of us might answer: "I have despised the day of small things." After all, God has a wonderful, though perhaps difficult, purpose for those days. These words were first directed to Zerubbabel, who led the city government of Jerusalem and was in charge of the project to rebuild the Temple. The work had stalled for many years, yet the Lord called it only a day of small things for Zerubbabel. It must have seemed like a very long day because the work of the temple was paused for almost 20 years. He probably would say to God, what do you mean a day of small things? I've live...

A 23. Zsoltárban – got questions A 23. zsoltár A 23. zsoltár egy gyönyörű költemény, amely Isten pásztori képét használja. Dávid, aki ezt a zsoltárt írta, maga is pásztor volt, és megértette a párhuzamot a juhairól gondoskodó pásztor és az Ő népéről gondoskodó Isten feladata között. A juhok teljesen a pásztortól függenek élelem, víz, vezetés és útmutatás tekintetében, miközben egyik helyről a másikra vándorolnak, ahogy mi is Istentől függünk mindenben, amire szükségünk van. A juhok a pásztortól függnek, hogy megvédje őket a legkülönbözőbb ragadozóktól és veszélyektől, ahogy mi is Istenre, mint védelmezőnkre és védelmezőnkre tekintünk. Az Újszövetségben Jézus úgy nyilatkoztatja ki magát, mint népe Jó Pásztora (János 10:11, 14), beteljesítve azt az ószövetségi próféciát, miszerint Isten eljön, hogy pásztorolja népét (Ezékiel 34:7-16, 23). A Zsoltárok 23:4 vers az Úr Pásztort szólítva ezt mondja: "A te vessződ és botod vigasztal engem" . Dávid ezt a leírást a ko...

by GotQuestions.org Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ... Psalm 23 is a beautiful poem that uses the image of God as shepherd. David, who penned this psalm, had been a shepherd himself and understood the parallel between the task of a shepherd caring for his sheep and of God caring for His people. Sheep are totally dependent on the shepherd for food, water, leadership, and guidance as they move from place to place, just as we are dependent upon God for all that we need. Sheep depend on the shepherd for protection from a wide range of predators and dangers, just as we look to God as our Protector and Defender. I...

By David Guzik – Enduring Word I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Genesis 12:2-3 God told a Mesopotamian man from an idol-worshipping family to leave his land and his family, and to receive a wonderful promise. God promised Abram a land, a nation, and a blessing. Abram only partially obeyed. First, he traveled half-way to the place God told him to go, and he brought his father and nephew with him, though God had told him to leave his family. Yet in God’s grace and goodness, He worked with Abram’s partial obedience and eventually Abram came to the land of Canaan – the land God promised him. Abram would become a giant of faith, even being the father of the believing (Galatians 3:7-9); yet he did not start as a hero of faith. We see Abram as an example of growin...

..there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, Himself human, who gave Himself — a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time. 1Tim 2:5-6 Therefore, we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens — Jesus the Son of God. Therefore, let us approach the Throne of Grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time. Heb 4:14,16 Jesus teaches us about prayer: "I have revealed Your name to the men You gave Me from the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. Now they know that all things You have given to Me are from You, because the words that You gave Me, I have given them. They have received them and have known for certain that I came from You. They have believed that You sent Me. I pray for them. Jn 17:6-10 "when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father wh...

Amit megértettem: A fő különbség az Ószövetség és az Újszövetség között nem csupán az hogy a mostani korban közvetlenül kommunikál­hatunk Istennel. Az is kulcs, hogy a lényeges dolgokat személyesen megtanulhatjuk a gyakorlatban és nem egy tennivalókból álló listát kell teljesíteni. A Törvény alá vetett ember feladatokat teljesít. Azonban ha megismerte Krisztust tettei szeretetből és belső motivációból fakadnak. Ha nem ismeri őt, akkor félelemből vagy teljesítmény-kényszerből, önigazult­ságból indíttatva cselekszik. A keresztyén ember elfogadott, adoptált pozícióban cselekszik: először mint egy gyermek de később sokszor előfordul, hogy "önállóan" a Megváltó által keltett vágyból, ahogy Isten karaktere fejlődik benne. Az Isten nélküli embernek szüksége van közvetítő rétegre a mennyei dolgok eléréséhez. A krisztusi, Új ember maga is közbenjáró, mert az ura Krisztus a közbenjáró Isten és ember között. Amikor ez a kapcsolat épül és virul a keresztyén ember kisu...

This is what I learnt: The main difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament is not just that in this actual age we can communicate directly with God. It is also crucial to learn the essentials in person, by doing, in practice, rather than having to complete a List of Things to Do. A man under the Law is a man of tasks. When he has come to know Christ, his actions are motivated by love and they are inner driven. If not, it is out of fear or compulsion to perform sg, driven by self-righteous motives. The Christian, New man acts from an accepted & adopted position, in the beginning as a child, but later, often "independently", out of a desire: inspired by the Saviour as the godly character is being developed in him. The man without God needs a mediatorial layer to access heavenly things. The Christian man is himself an intermediary because Christ the Lord is the Mediator between God and man. When this relationship is built and flourishes, the...

In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established   at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will stream to it, and many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about His ways so we may walk in His paths.” For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He will settle disputes among many people's and provide arbitration for strong nations   that are far away. They will beat their swords into plows, and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will never again train for war. But each man will sit under his grapevine and under his fig tree with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has promised this. Micah 4:1-4 {Holman C.S.B} i. Micah 4:1-3 is repeated in Isaiah 2:1-3. Since Isaiah and...