Numeri 24:1 BB Bileam begreep dat God het volk Israël wilde zegenen. Bileam had het heel goed begrepen. God wilde het volk zegenen. Dat wilde God toen, en dat wil God nu.Het volk, dat zijn wij. Jij en ik. God wil ons zegenen. Dat is duidelijk en eigenlijk geen vraag. Die vraag stellen, in je […]
Leviticus 11:45 ‘For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.’ (NLT) The Lord asked Moses and Aaron to share specific instructions about what were clean and unclean animals to be eaten or not to […]
Exodus 20:5-6 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and […]
Exodus 15:2-3 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him my father’s God, and I will exalt him! The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is his name! (NLT) God miraculously divided the red sea to allow the Israelites to walk through […]
Exodus 7:3, 5 But I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. When I raise my powerful hand and bring out the Israelites, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” (NLT) The question is: Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart? To […]
Matthew 21:21 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. In days like these we need to understand the power […]
Genesis 43:23 The steward said, “Everything’s in order. Don’t worry. Your God and the God of your father must have given you a bonus. I was paid in full.” And with that, he presented Simeon to them. (MSG) When Joseph’s brothers first visited Egypt to buy grains, Joseph was gracious to them and ordered to […]
Genesis 41:51 en 52 De oudste noemde hij Manasse, omdat God hem al zijn ellende en het gemis van zijn familie had doen vergeten. Het tweede kind noemde hij Efraïm, ‘want,’ zei hij, ‘God heeft mij vruchtbaar gemaakt in dit land, waar ik zoveel te verduren heb gehad.’ Als je op iets moet wachten duurt het […]
Genesis 32:31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip. Today’s Bible blog comes from the Closing Words of my book The Norman Factor – which my wife Jedidja Borkent has written. “My husband and I know many people who have been believing for a particular […]
Genesis 30:1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!” Jacob was married to Leah and Rachel. Leah was able to give Jacob children, but Rachel was barren. Even though Rachel couldn’t bear children, Jacob […]