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A Lesson From Henry, the Yorkie

2-minute devotion for Tuesday, 12/9/25

About a month ago, we went off Daylight Saving Time. But Henry, my Yorkie, refuses to change his inner clock. He is still on DST! That means his clock is an hour ahead of our new time.

No matter how many times I tell him, “It’s not time yet!” He just keeps barking at me. (But I just refuse to take him on his morning walk before the sun comes up!)

Henry has firm expectations! For example, He expects lunch at exactly 11:00 DST, baby carrots at 2:00 DST, dinner at 4:00 DST, and a walk at 4:30 DST.

Why am I telling you all this? Well, it reminds me that just as Henry is totally unaware of the time in which we live, many people in the world are unaware of the times in which we live.

Jesus warned the Pharisees,

β€œWhen evening comes, you say, β€˜It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, β€˜Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.“Matthew 16:2-3

We need only to look to God’s Word to interpret the signs of the times.

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,  without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Godβ€”  having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Then, there’s this: Ezekiel prophesied a physical and spiritual return of Israel to their land (Ezekiel 37). This happened on May 14, 1948. Having Israel as a nation in its own land is important because Israel is prominent in eschatology (Daniel 10:1411:41Revelation 11:8).

In His Love, Cindy

All Scripture is from the NIV unless stated otherwise.

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God’s Irrevocable Covenant with Israel

1-minute devotion for Thursday, 12/4/25

β€œI  ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew.” Romans 11:1-2

β€œGod’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29

“And when it comes to Israel, this has never been – and will never be – a political topic. It is a divine covenant. No matter which government leads this small nation – liberal, conservative, or in between – God continues to preserve, protect, and fight for His people, even while they remain in unbelief. To those who claim that Israel has somehow fallen from grace, I can only say: God’s promises are not dependent on human faithfulness but on His unchanging nature.”

Amir Tsarfati

In His Love, Cindy

All Scripture is from the NIV unless stated otherwise.

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Does God love Israel?

1-minute devotion for Tuesday, 10/14/25

But Zion said, β€œThe Lord has forsaken me,
    the Lord has forgotten me.”

Β β€œCan a mother forget the baby at her breast
Β Β Β Β and have no compassion on the childΒ she has borne?
Though she may forget,
Β Β Β Β I will not forget you!
Β See, I have engravedΒ you on the palms of my hands; your wallsΒ are ever before me.” Isaiah 49:14-16 (emphasis mine) Read full chapter

“Zion, the city of Jerusalem, is personified as a desperate woman who believes that God has forsaken her. Yet God’s love is so infinite that an adoring mother will forget to have compassion on her child before He will forget His children.” Jeremiah Study Bible Notes

In His Love, Cindy

All Scripture is from the NIV unless stated otherwise.

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What Land Did God Give to Abraham?

Bible Study for Tuesday, October 7, 2025

On October 7, 2023, the world witnessed the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Israel’s enemies want to take their land. But not only that, they want to wipe the Jewish people off the face of the earth!

Some people question Israel’s right to their land. They cry “Free Palestine!” They call Israel “occupiers”. But did you know that the territory God gave to Abram’s descendants includes all of present day Israel plus much more?

“On that day theΒ LordΒ made a covenant with AbramΒ and said, β€œTo your descendants I give this land,Β from the WadiΒ of EgyptΒ to the great river, the Euphratesβ€”Β the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,Β Hittites,Β Perizzites,Β Rephaites,Β Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” Genesis 15:18-21 Read full chapter

Interesting Facts:

The wadi of Egypt refers to the Euphrates River which originates in the Armenian Highlands of southeastern TurkeyΒ and then flows through the countries of Syria and Iraq, and finally drains into the Persian Gulf.Β 

Later, God appeared to Abram again…

Β “I will make you very fruitful;Β I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.Β I will establish my covenantΒ as an everlasting covenantΒ between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your GodΒ and the God of your descendants after you.Β Β The whole land of Canaan,Β where you now reside as a foreigner,Β I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;Β and I will be their God.” Genesis 17:6-8 (emphasis mine) Read full chapter

Does God’s covenant include the descendants of Abram’s son Ishmael?

Then God said, β€œ… your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.”

The best evidence indicates that Moses wrote Genesis between 1440 and 1400 BC. By my calculation, that’s about 3,465 years ago! AND YET this book is still relevant today! I am thankful that God has recorded in His Holy Word the precise boundaries of Israel!

On today’s map, the land God gave to Israel includes everything modern-day Israel possesses, plus all of the territory occupied by the Palestinians (the West Bank and Gaza), plus some of Egypt and Syria, plus all of Jordan, plus some of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

And yet, many people claim that Israel is stealing a land not their own. How absurd!

Israel has many enemies. The biggest is Satan himself. He lies and deceives the nations. But the enemies of Israel will not succeed in their quest to annihilate God’s people, Israel.

God also said to Abram:

“I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:3

Israel has had to fight for their very existence for thousands of years, and they fight for it still today. Stand with Israel and be blessed.

In His Love,Β Cindy

All Scripture is from the NIV unless stated otherwise.

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Understanding Israel and Palestine: Debunking Misconceptions and Lies

I highly recommend this eye-opening video by Bible Teacher Amir Tsarfati, The Deception of the Nations. He explains common misconceptions in the world today concerning Israel and Palestine based on Biblical truth and historical fact. It is not only important, it is also very interesting. You will not be bored!

Previews of what you will see:

Watch The Deception of the Nations here.

In His Love, Cindy

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The Miraculous Story of Israel: Strength Amid Adversity

“The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.” Genesis 17:8

Written by Berel Salomon:

There’s something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable, and it’s not what they say it is.

They’ll point to politics, settlements, borders, and wars. But scratch beneath the outrage, and you’ll find something deeper. A discomfort not with what Israel does, but with what Israel is.

A nation this small should not be this strong. Period.

Israel has no oil. No special natural resources. A population barely the size of a mid-sized American city. They are surrounded by enemies. Hated in the United Nations. Targeted by terror. Condemned by celebrities. Boycotted, slandered, and attacked.

And still, they thrive like there’s no tomorrow.

In military. In medicine. In security. In technology. In agriculture. In intelligence. In morality. In sheer, unbreakable will.

They turn desert into farmland.

They make water from air.

They intercept rockets in mid-air.

They rescue hostages under the nose of the world’s worst regimes.

They survive wars that were supposed to wipe them out, and win.

The world watches this and can’t make sense of it.

So they do what people do when they witness strength they can’t understand.

They assume it must be cheating.

It must be American aid.

It must be foreign lobbying.

It must be oppression.

It must be theft.

It must be some dark trick that gave the Jews this kind of power.

It must be blackmail.

Because heaven forbid it’s something else.

Heaven forbid it’s real.

Heaven forbid it’s earned.

Or worse, destined.

The Jewish people were supposed to disappear a long, long time ago. That’s how the story of exiled, enslaved, hated minorities is supposed to end. But the Jews didn’t disappear. They actually came home, rebuilt their land, revived their language, and brought their dead back to life β€” in memory, in identity, and in strength.

That’s not normal.

It’s not political.

It’s biblical.

There’s no cheat code that explains how a group of people return to their homeland after 2,000 years.

There is no rational path from gas chambers to global influence.

And there is no historical precedent for surviving the Babylonians, the Romans, the Crusaders, the Inquisition, the pogroms, and the Holocaust, and still showing up to work on Monday in Tel Aviv.

Israel doesn’t make sense.

Unless you believe in something beyond the math.

This is what drives the world crazy. Because if Israel is real, if this improbable, ancient, hated nation is somehow still chosen, protected, and thriving, then maybe God isn’t a myth after all.

Maybe He’s still in the story.

Maybe history isn’t random.

Maybe evil doesn’t get the last word.

Maybe the Jews are not just a people… but a testimony.

That’s what they can’t stand.

Because once you admit that Israel’s survival isn’t just impressive, but divine, everything changes. Your moral compass has to reset. Your assumptions about history, power, and justice collapse. You realize you’re not watching the end of an empire. You’re witnessing the beginning of something eternal.

So they deny it.

They smear it.

And rage against it.

Because it’s easier to call a miracle β€œcheating” than to face the possibility that God keeps His promises.

And He’s keeping them still!

“The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, β€œLook around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.” Genesis 13:14-17

In His Love, Cindy

All Scripture is from the NIV unless stated otherwise.

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God’s Promise to Abram: Land and Legacy

1-minute read for Thursday, 6/19/25

“TheΒ LordΒ said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, β€œLook around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.Β All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspringΒ forever.” Genesis 13:14-15 NIV (emphasis mine)

Commentary: God blessed Abram with far more land (than Lot chose) – the whole of Canaan, north…south…east and west – and then God vowed to give the land to Abram’s offspring FOREVER. (Jeremiah Study Bible Notes)

God gave Abram and his descendants a specific piece of land that we know today as Israel.

In His Love, Cindy

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Anti-Semitism and Biblical Warnings: A Call to Reflection

1-minute read Monday’s Verse, 4/7/25

“For this is what the Lord Almighty says: β€œAfter the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered youβ€”for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eyeβ€”  I will surely raise my hand against them … ” Zechariah 2:8-9 NIV Read full chapter

Comment: I wouldn’t want to be an enemy of Israel. The Bible is full of warnings. And yet, anti-semitism is at an all-time high in the world today. Remember: Jesus was a Jew.

In His Love, Cindy

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Featured photo: Shiri Bibas, and her little boys, Ariel (4 years old) and Kfir (9 months), were cruelly murdered in captivity by Hamas terrorists after being ripped from their Kibbutz Nir Oz home on October 7, 2023.

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Quote of the Week, 4/2/25

Bible prophecy has nothing to say about the nations as such in their affairs with one another, but rather in their relations to Israelβ€”the people and the land.”

Clarence Larkin, Bible Scholar

Comment: I am reminded of Haggai 1:7

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: β€œGive careful thought to your ways.”

In His Love, Cindy

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Understanding ‘For My Name’s Sake’

1-minute read Monday’s Verse, 3/17/25

“You will know that I am theΒ Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the SovereignΒ Lord.’” Ezekiel 20:44 NIV

Comments: As I read through the book of Ezekiel, I noticed that the prophecies frequently said that God would deal with the people “for my name’s sake” and not according to what they have done. Pastor David Jeremiah explains:

“When God says that He deals with Israel for my name’s sake, He means that He interacts with the people on the basis of who He is – a holy, righteous, sovereign, patient, gracious, wise, and omnipotent God – not on the basis of who they are or according to their evil ways or corrupt practices. God shows us grace and showers us with His mercy because of His character, not because of our behavior. It is because of His unchanging character that we can place our trust in Him.” (Jeremiah Study Bible Notes)

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In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

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