Refuge Week 7: The LORD is Peace & The LORD is my Shepherd

Refuge Week 7: The LORD is Peace & The LORD is my Shepherd

We will begin this week's study with The LORD is Peace. It has been estimated that out of approximately 4,300 years of recorded history, there were around 300-500 years of peace, approximately 10.000-14,000 wars, which killed roughly 200-500 million people. Approximately 6,000 to 8,000 peace treaties were made, many of which were broken. The world [...]

Refuge Week 6: The LORD My Banner & The LORD of Hosts

Refuge Week 6: The LORD My Banner & The LORD of Hosts

"Only a few weeks had elapsed from the time the children of Israel left Marah, the place of bitter waters, till they reached Rephidim, the scene of God's revelation of Himself to them as The LORD My Banner. At Marah, we will recall, in healing the bitter waters of that place, He had revealed Himself [...]

Refuge Week 5: The LORD who Sanctifies You & The LORD our Righteousness

Refuge Week 5: The LORD who Sanctifies You & The LORD our Righteousness

This week, we're studying The LORD Who Sanctifies You, and The LORD our Righteousness. These are two of my favorite names of God as they directly relate to our relationship with a holy God and how we live the Christian life. The LORD who Sanctifies You is first seen in Exodus 31:13 which says, "The [...]

Refuge Week 4: The LORD Will Provide & The LORD who Heals You

Refuge Week 4: The LORD Will Provide & The LORD who Heals You

The LORD will Provide & The LORD who Heals You share a common connection in the testing of God's people. When Isaac was a young man, God tested Abraham saying, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt [...]