Good morning! Happy Sunday to you all!
Matthew 14 is quite the sad chapter. We see Herod, a spineless man, behead John the Baptist without a trial. This was against the law, but he was overwhelmed after watching the dance by Salome, Herodias' daughter. Basically he could not lay aside his lust for either of these women and think clearly.
Many times throughout the Bible we see cases where events occured simply because of the laws regarding women. Women were treated like property at the time. However, two women sure did have a lot of power over Herod!
This chapter also tells the familiar stories of feeding the five thousand with only five loaves of bread and two fish. It also tells of Jesus walking on the water to the boat holding his disciples. Peter shows great faith until he takes his eyes off of Jesus.
Today, I pray you all are able to keep your eyes on Jesus and walk with faith!
Genesis 15 describes God's promise to Abram to give him descendants. Abram explains that he has not children and his possessions will be left to a servant. God tells Abram that his descendants will equal the number of stars in the sky.
God then appeared to Abram in a dream and explained that Abram's people would be enslaved for years, but that nation would be punished for it.
Have a wonderful day! I hope you are all seeing signs of spring!
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