Genesis 8:22 “For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never stop.” After the flood, the world fell silent. The chaos of the waters had subsided, but the earth was empty, wet, and desolate. Noah and his family stepped out of the ark onto […]
Read MoreGenesis 8:20-21 Noah built an altar to God. He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early […]
Read MoreGenesis 9:12-15 God continued, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I’m putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the […]
Read MoreGenesis 8:8-12 Then he sent a dove to check on the flood conditions, but it couldn’t even find a place to perch—water still covered the Earth. Noah reached out and caught it, brought it back into the ship. He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again. It came back in the evening […]
Read MoreGenesis 8:1 Then God turned his attention to Noah and all the wild animals and farm animals with him on the ship. God caused the wind to blow and the floodwaters began to go down. I wonder if you’ve ever had to wait a long time for something to materialise in your life? I can […]
Read MoreGenesis 7:16 Then God shut the door behind him. Sometimes it feels like your prayers don’t rise above the ceiling. When facing a major decision and seriously asking God for guidance yet receiving no apparent answer, it is easy to feel that God is entirely absent. I suspect Noah may have had a direct line, but sometimes he probably wondered too, especially when there wasn’t a cloud on […]
Read MoreGenesis 6:7-8 God was sorry that he had made the human race in the first place; it broke his heart. God said, “I’ll get rid of my ruined creation, make a clean sweep: people, animals, snakes and bugs, birds—the works. I’m sorry I made them.” But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in […]
Read MoreGenesis 6:16-18 Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper. “I’m going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction. “But I’m going to establish a covenant with you.” […]
Read MoreGenesis 6:9 This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Wow, what a beautiful CV! I would give anything to have this on the front page of my obituary. Noah was a special man who did special things for God. It’s easy to […]
Read MoreGenesis 5:1-2 This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race. I often beat myself up, especially when I’ve done things I know are not within God’s will. I feel bad, and […]
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