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14 illustrations for sermon preparation
The prophet addresses Judah's futile reliance upon Egypt for military aid—a covenant forbidden by Adonai and spiritually ruinous.
Their waiting hours—like languid summer days when aspen leaves refuse to quiver and shadows barely move on the dial—mirrored the anguish of deferred hope.
The prophetic vision encompasses blessings transcending temporal measure, pointing to the plentiful effusion of the Holy Spirit, habitually symbolized throughout Scripture as *rain* and *dew*.
The Hebrews had nicknamed Egypt *Rahab*—meaning "Stormy-speech" or "Braggart"—evoking the crocodile's monstrous reputation.
Concrete sorrows—starvation, displacement, loss—paradoxically sharpen our vision of the Lord's presence.
Exell's Victorian instruction distinguishes three journals worthy of consideration.
Such prayer expresses profound need and longing desire after God Himself.
The Hebrew parallel, *nes* (ensign or standard), connects to Jehovah-Nissi (Exodus 17:15), God's banner of victory.
God's believing children regard the heavens not as sovereigns determining destiny, but as servants.
Paul's in Rome stands Monte Testaccio, an artificial mound nearly one-third of a mile in circumference and one hundred fifty feet high.
While some interpret this through shepherds moving behind their flocks, a sharper meaning emerges: the guides were meant to be before us, yet when we decline from the right way, our backs turn toward them.
The Prophet compares Israel's transgression to a high wall that begins with a small rent, or breach, in its lower section—a structural weakness that seems manageable at first.
Yet these pilgrims did not cast off their festive spirit with their holiday attire.
The annihilation of Assyrian power unfolds as a great funeral obsequy, well known among Eastern nations.
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