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LORD  GIVES PEACE:

OLD TESTAMENT:

"The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." 

Numbers 6:26 

22 "And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face." 

23 "And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die." 

Judges 6:22, 23 

"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety." 

Psalms 4:8 

"The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace."

 Psalms 29:11 

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

 Isaiah 9:6 

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." 

Isaiah 26:3 

"For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee." 

Isaiah 54:10 

"I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him."

 Isaiah 57:19 

"Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth."

 Jeremiah 33:6 

"The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts." 

Haggai 2:9 

4 "And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts." 

5 "My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name."

Malachi 2:4, 5 

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LORD IS LOVE:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 

John 3:16 

5 "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." 

8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." 

Romans 5:5, 8

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" 

Romans 8:35 

4 "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us," 

5 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)" 

Ephesians 2:4 

1 "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;" 

2 "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour."

Ephesians 5:1, 2

7 "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God." 

8 "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." 

9 "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."

16 "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." 

1 John 4:7, 8, 9, 16 

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OLD TESTAMENT

LORD IS: LOVE, KIND, &  MERCIFUL:

"How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings."

 Psalms 36:7 

"But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth." 

Psalms 86:15

"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name." 

Psalms 91:14 

"O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever."

 Psalms 136:26

"For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth." 

Proverbs 3:12 

"Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back." 

Isaiah 38:17 

"For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee."

 Isaiah 54:10 

"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him." 

Hosea 14:4 

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GET PERSONAL WITH GOD, HE IS:

CREATOR:

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

 Genesis 1:27 

"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."

 Psalms 139:14 

"Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:" 

Isaiah 42:5 

"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

 Jeremiah 1:5 

"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"

 Colossians 1:16 

WISEST:

"The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens." 

Proverbs 3:19 

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."

 Proverbs 9:10 

"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding." 

Isaiah 40:28 

8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." 

9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." 

Isaiah 55:8, 9 

20 "Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:" 

21 "And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:" 

Daniel 2:20, 21 

"To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Romans 16:27 

"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men." 

1 Corinthians 1:25 

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: PEOPLE RENAMED BY GOD! #2

Solomon (online)
 

OLD TESTAMENT:

SOLOMON=JEDIDIAH

2 Samuel 12: 24-25

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; 25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

PASHHUR= TERROR ON EVERY 

Jeremiah 20:1-4

When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. 4 For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. 

Note: God named the children of Hosea at birth

because of His relationship with House of Israel. 

He named them: Jezreel, Lo-Ammi, Lo-Ruhamah

Hosea 1: 4,6,9

BIBLE SMART QUESTION:

WHAT TYPE OF WIFE DID GOD TELL HOSEA 

TO CHOOSE?

HINT: READ HOSEA 1

ANSWER:  5/29/26 BIBLE SMART QUESTION IS:

Nothing is too hard for the Lord!

Genesis 17:17 & Genesis 18: 13-14

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: PEOPLE RENAMED BY GOD!

ABRAHAM ( ONLINE )

OLD TESTAMENT:

ABRAM RENAMED ABRAHAM; FATHER OF MANY NATIONS 

Genesis 17: 1-2,5,7

[1]When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

[2]And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

[5]No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

[7]And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

SARAI RENAMED SARAH; NO LONGER BARREN; 

MOTHER OF NATIONS

Genesis 17:15-19

[15]Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

[16]And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”

[17]Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child? ”

[18]And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”

[19]Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

Genesis 18:13-14

[13]And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’

[14]Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

JACOB RENAMED ISRAEL; 

WRESTLED WITH GOD & PREVAILED 

Genesis 32:24,26-28,30

[24]Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.

[26]And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”

[27]So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”

[28]And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

[30]So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

TODAY'S BIBLE SMART QUESTION:

Why was God able to bless Abraham & Sarah

with a son in their old age?

Hint: Read Genesis 17 & Genesis 18

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: NAMED BIBLE STREETS ! #3

DAMASCUS:

 INCLUDES STREETS, BORDERS, & ROADWAYS 

OLD TESTAMENT:

1 Kings 20:34

[34]So Ben-Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “I will send you away with this treaty.” So he made a treaty with him and sent him away. 

Isaiah 7:8

[8]For the head of Syria is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, So that it will not be a people.

Isaiah 17:1

[1]The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.

 

Ezekiel 47:16-17

[16]Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hatticon (which is on the border of Hauran).

[17]Thus the boundary shall be from the Sea to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus; and as for the north, northward, it is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

NEW TESTAMENT:

Acts 9:1-5

[1]Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

[2]and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

[3]As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.

[4]Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

[5]And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”

Acts 22:6

[6]“Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

Galatians 1:17

[17]nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. 

NOTE:

Damascus is mentioned frequently in Old Testament 

and New Testament. The Scriptures given show the importance of Damascus in Bible History.

BIBLE SMART QUESTION:

HOW WAS SAUL/ PAUL'S LIFE CHANGED WHEN HE

JOURNEYED TO DAMASCUS?

HINT READ: ACTS 9 OR ACTS 22