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I am Mephibosheth

The Gilead town of Lo-debar was a place no one really wanted to be. Lo-debar means no pasture, no word or no communication. It symbolizes desolation and lack of hope. It doesn’t seem like you’d be there if you had other options. Mephibosheth was in Lo-debar. He was the son of Jonathan and the grandson…
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Lord be Gracious

The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-25 Chanan is the Hebrew word here for gracious. At its root it means to bend or stoop in kindness to an…
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May His Face Shine Upon You

The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-25 The Hebrew idiom of shining a face towards someone means to grant grace and favor.  This is a continuation or a…
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Simple Grace

Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 2 Kings 5:13 We’ve heard it before - nothing is free. For something to be of value, we feel…
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