Omar Hassan

Overcoming by the Blood and Word

The brothers and sisters overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. They don't overcome by military strength or political power. They overcome by testifying to what Ch

Firstfruits - Offering Your Best First

When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the grou

The River Flowing from the Temple

The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple. The water flows out, and wherever it goes, it brings life. Fish appear where t

The Goat That Bears Our Burden

The scapegoat procedure has haunted human consciousness for millennia. The high priest lays hands on the goat, confesses the people's sins over it, and sends it into the wilderness carrying their guil

True Prophets, False Prophets - Testing the Spirits

A prophet might arise and perform signs and wonders. They might say: let's follow other gods. Don't listen. Even if the sign comes true, test the prophet against the command to love God exclusively.

The Body Knows What Spirit Doesn't Yet

I'm a middle school Bible teacher, and I use this verse to explain something kids intuitively get: a body without a spirit is a corpse. A spirit without a body is a ghost. You need both. One student

The cost of discipleship - Jeremiah 50

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes cle

Hope in suffering - James 1

Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction. God is faithful in every circumstance. We bring nothing; He provides everything. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. My grandmot

God's faithfulness through history - Ezra 6

God is faithful in every circumstance. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. God is faithful in every circumstance. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that

The role of community - Ezra 9

The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. God is faithful in every circumstance. The Hebrew word used

The power of prayer - Jeremiah 13

God is faithful in every circumstance. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes clear: God

What it means to love - Ezra 8

God is faithful in every circumstance. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the tr

The meaning of sacrifice - Obadiah 1

God is faithful in every circumstance. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers. This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. God is faithful in every circumstance. God

Finding rest in God - Ephesians 2

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the hope. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every

The meaning of sacrifice - 2 Chronicles 13

The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithfu

What it means to love - James 1

The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. There's something deeply comforting about

The covenant promise - 2 Peter 3

God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is f

The beauty of holiness - Titus 1

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance. God

The shepherd and the sheep - Hosea 13

What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. God is faithful in every circumstance. G

The cost of discipleship - 2 Corinthians 11

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. I notice the repetition here is deliberate