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On this occasion of Prayer Day, consider that with me as we look at this text then under the theme, God, a stronghold in the day of trouble. God, a stronghold in the day of trouble. And here's the outline. Point one, the idea of that, the idea of God as the stronghold. Point two, the reason for
Translation that we have, beautiful though it is, Makes it seem as though David is making an argument. But David isn't making an argument. David is stating a fact. Give us help from trouble, David says, and the help of man is vain. Understand that when the Bible speaks of the help of man, the Bi
Now let's turn in the Bible to the gospel according to John. John chapter 14. John 14 is in the middle of a conversation that Jesus had with his disciples the night he was betrayed and the night before he was crucified on the cross. This conversation extends from John 13 through John 16 and ends
He will take vengeance upon His adversaries. He reserves wrath. He stores up His wrath against the wicked. And He will not at all acquit the wicked. He will not let them off the hook at all. The prophet then goes on to use a figure. He comes in the whirlwind. In the storm, He descends. We read
This trouble finds its source in their wickedness. We noted earlier that the idea of wickedness emphasizes disruption and upheaval. When the wicked trample underfoot the law of God, all of life is disrupted by one disaster after another. Their sins tear down their marriages and destroy the family un
Pondering this, we do well to remember that those whom God knew and who trusted in Him are not such by birth or by their own attainments, but by the eternal love of God alone. This was vividly illustrated not long before Nahum prophesied. In the days of Jonah the city of Nineveh abruptly and surpri
If he has a million, he wants to make that five more. If he has a billion even, that's not enough. Let's keep going, five, 10, keep going. That's the American dream. And greed is all around us in this world, from labor unions that will strike in order to get astonishingly higher wages and do le