by webmaster | Feb 27, 2022 | Lesson Reflection
Genesis 18:12 (NKJV) Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” Genesis 21:6 (NKJV) And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.” An article in a 2019...
by iStudyEBS | Jan 14, 2022 | Lesson Reflection
Genesis 16: 8 (ESV) – And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves as recipients of ill-treatment – some through no...
by iStudyEBS | Oct 8, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
Genesis 3:3 “but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, … lest you die.’” The 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” gave rise to the catchphrase “I see dead people.” In this movie, a 9-year-old boy claims to see and talk to...
by iStudyEBS | Oct 1, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [o]eat, for on the...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 24, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 Genesis Chapter One ~ the most read chapter in the Bible and possibly the most read chapter of any book in the world by all those of good intent. What fresh insights might I gain as I begin,...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 22, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
James 1: 19 (ESV) Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; The immediate context of James 1:19 is anger that is incompatible with the righteousness of God. As I thought about James’ admonition to be “quick to...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 17, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
“Whoever does not love does not know God because God is love.” 1 John 4:8 Interestingly, many people profess to know the character of God — He is love. And because God is love, they are free to do anything they want. “He will understand,...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 3, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
From Matthew 14:13 Take time with God alone. Shut the door and mute the phone. In the silence, you will find A renewed spirit and peace of mind. When the kids and concerns and griefs bring compression, Draw from the well of boundless compassion. You can’t pour...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 2, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
From Matthew 14:1-12 Herod shakes his head in disbelief, Another sleepless night with no relief. The party, the guests, the dance so beguiling, The oath, the request, there would be no denying. As sleep flees the night, the head looms so gory. Now whispers, now...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog
And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my...
