Tom Bender

Sing over you

Zephaniah 3:17 (WEB)
Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Sing over you

Zephaniah 3:17 (WEB)
Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

You are God!

Nehemiah 9:6 (WEB)
You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

Obey is better than sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:22 (WEB)
Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Israel asked for a king

1 Samuel 12:12-19 (NIV)
"But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we want a king to rule over us'—even though the lord your God was your king.

Gideon

Judges 6:37 (WEB)
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”

Tent peg

Judges 4:18 (WEB)
Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

Ehud kills Eglon

Judges 3:21 (WEB)
Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

Israel wants a king

1 Samuel 8:1-3 (NIV)
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel's leaders.

1 Samuel 8:6 (NIV)
But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the lord.

Moses and glory

Exodus 33:12 (NIV)
Moses said to the lord, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.'

jubilee

Deuteronomy 15:1 (WEB)
At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.

Teach children

Deuteronomy 6:7 (WEB)
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Consuming fire,

Deuteronomy 4:24 (WEB)
For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

moses and the rock

Numbers 20:1 (WEB)
The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

Ballam and donkey

Numbers 22:3 (WEB)
Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

goal race

Philippians 3:13 (WEB)
Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

wisdom

James 3:17 (MSG)
Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.

I will give you a new heart

Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT)
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.

Holy

Leviticus 19:2 (NET)
“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

intercessory prayer

Colossians 2:1 (NIV)
I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.

Romans 2:4

Romans 2:4 (MSG)
Or did you think that because he's such a nice God, he'd let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but he's not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change.