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Do not Spare the Spear (Numbers 25)

 Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting. When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped; but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.     

(Numbers 25:6-9)

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February 24, 2012 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
(Numbers 24)

"Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD—and I must say only what the LORD says"     (Numbers 24:13)

 

The world can have an awful lot to offer.

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February 23, 2012 | 1 Comment | View or add comments
Through Balaam's Eyes (Numbers 22)

"How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?"     (Numbers 23:8)

 

I spend a lot of time doing church stuff. Committee meetings, pre-meeting meetings, wrap-up meetings, rehearsals, pre-rehearsals, rehearsal planning...

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February 22, 2012 | 2 Comments | View or add comments
Don't bray...pray! (Numbers 22)

Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back."     (Numbers 22:34)

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February 21, 2012 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
What's for Dinner? (Numbers 21)

The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." So Moses make a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived.     (Numbers 21:7-9)

 

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February 17, 2012 | 1 Comment | View or add comments

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