Wednesday's Word: El Roi/ The God Who Sees Me

 

"And the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness,
and He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where
will you go?"  And Hagar answered, "I flee from the face of my mistress,
Sarai."  And the Angel told her, "Return to thy mistress and submit to her."
(Genesis 16)

Hagar

Andrew Geddes

1783-1844)
Scottish portrait painter

National Galleries of Scotland 

The Egyptian slave girl Hagar had angered her mistress Sarai and fled from
Abraham's camp. She was now wandering alone in the wilderness.  According to
Matthew Henry's commentary, "Hagar was out of her place, and out of the
way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great
 mercy to be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by providence."

When the Lord asked Hagar, "Where did you come from?"  He was referring 
 to the privileges she had been blessed with in Abraham's tent as his second wife.
Although Hagar had not seen it this way, and her pride had been the cause of her 
  barren mistress' anger, she had left her husband and the security of his camp.

  More importantly, she had left the place where worship of the one true God
 was a daily practice and where the Lord Himself dwelt with His people.

"Where will you go?" the Lord asked Hagar.   Not only could she run into
danger traveling through the wilderness alone, but, if she managed to return 
 to Egypt, she would be retuning to the worship of the idols in that land. 

Henry's commentary attests, "Hagar could not but admire the Lord's mercy and feel,
"Have I, who am so unworthy, been favored with a gracious visit from the Lord?"

And she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, "El Roi" (The God who sees me).

Hagar also realized that God had not forsaken her and that He loved her and the child 
 she was carrying within her womb.  Although His covenant would be with Isaac,
God blessed the fruit of Hagar's womb, saying "I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude." (Genesis 16:10).

Hagar obeyed the Lord's command to return to Abraham's camp and humbly
submitted to her mistress.   She brought forth a son and called him Ishmael,
which means, "God hears."

Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arab nations.

Forgotten History: The Camp Lejeune Cover-up: They Poisoned Our Own

 

Host Colin Heaton reports how U.S. Marines, their families, and civilian workers
unknowingly drank and bathed in water contaminated with toxic chemicals - while
the government knew and did nothing. Learn the shocking truth behind the Camp
Lejeune contamination scandal,  the cover-up that followed, and the devastating
health consequences that has affected thousands of people for decades.

The Camp Lejeune Cover-Up

FORGOTTEN HISTORY

(April 2, 2025)

The Right Way To Start The Day

 

"Blessed be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.  For He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence."
(Ephesians 1:3-4)

Turning From Wickedness

Jan Markel

(April 1, 2025)

Tuesday Bible Study With Les Feldick: Paul Warns The Church

 

"Since we heard of your faith in Jesus Christ, and of the love which you
have to all the saints, For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof
you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel."
(Colossians 1:4-5)

Les & Iris Feldick

Image courtesy/Facebook

Les continues on his walk through the Bible helping us to connect the dots of Scriptures.

Paul Warns The Church/Part One

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Paul Warns The Church/Part Two

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Paul Warns The Church/Part Three

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Paul Warns The Church/Part Four

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Pastor Allen Parr: 5 Things Christian Women Need To Stop Wearing

 

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by
 testing you may discern what is the will of God, and what is good and acceptable and perfect."
(Romans 12:2)

A lesson on the need to practice modesty in the 21st century.

Thank you brother Allen  for addressing this important issue!

5 Things Christian Women Need To Stop Wearing

THE BEAT by Allen Parr

(March 28, 2025)

(Warning: This video may make you mad or roll your eyes, but I think it
 is very important that Christian women consider the message here and
  think before they dress to go out in public.  It is not only Christian men
 you have to be concerned about "leading into temptation" in these
uncertain and dangerous times we are living in today.)

Monday Meditation: Desiring A Thankful Devotion To God

 

"He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness;
for by his own strength shall no man prevail."
(1 Samuel 2:9)

Wild Bluebells herald the coming of Springtime in England.

Image courtesy/Wikipedia

My great preserver, to Thy gracious hand

My life, my safety, and my all I owe;

New gratitude Thy favors still demand,

And still my numerous obligations grow.

Oft hast Thou listened to my humble prayer,

Oft, at my cry, unwearied mercy came:

O be Thy goodness, Thy indulgent care,

My constant refuge, my delightful theme!

When warmed with grateful love to Thee, my Lord,

My thoughts begin to count Thy favors o'er,

The boundless sum, what numbers can record?

How vain the attempt! Astonished I adore!

Yet I may love Thee, this is Thy command,

The kind command, O make me all Thy own!

My powers, my passions, Lord, are in Thy hand,

And Thou canst mold them for Thy use alone.

This worthless heart, to Thee I would resign,

Poor as it is, Thy sovereign hand can raise

A monument to Thee, enrich, refine,

And there inscribe Thy mercies and Thy praise.

Thy wondrous praise, not all creation's tongues

In one harmonious concert, can display;

Not the celestial choir's enraptured songs,

Through vast eternity's unbounded day.

And shall a reptile of the dust aspire

To join with angels in their high employ?

Lord, at Thy feet, I lay my trembling lyre

In silent awe, yet mixed with humble joy.

Yet, if Thou bid me try the heavenly theme,

And bless me with Thy smile, my lyre again

On every string shall sound Thy glorious name,

Thy smile shall animate the feeble strain!

If Thou accept, and aid my wish to praise,

Then shall my heart with glad devotion bring

(But ah, how mean Thy gift!) her sweetest lays

To Thee, my gracious God, my glorious King.

All I enjoy, and all hope is Thine,

Unworthiness, alone, belongs to me;

Inspire me, O my God, with divine love,

And make my life a hymn of praise to Thee.

"Desiring A Thankful Devotion To God"
(1760)
Anne Steele
(1716-1778)
English Christian poetess & hymnwriter
From her book, "Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotion"
 written under the name, "Theodosia"

During her lifetime,  Anne Steele wrote 144 hymns and versified Psalms, which were
 enormously popular in churches in both England and America.  When Trinity Church
in Boston, Massachusetts published its hymnals in 1808, 59 of the 144 selected hymns
were from the pen of Anne Steele.   She preferred to remain anonymous, however,
writing under a pen name.   After suffering a severe hip injury at the age of 19,
which left her an invalid for the rest of her life, her tombstone carried these words:

"Silent the lyre and dumb the tuneful tongue,
That sung on earth her great Redeemer's praise;
But now in Heaven, she joins the angelic song,
In more harmonious, more exalted lays."

Sunday Night In Uncle Walt's Vault: Arctic Antics

 

In this animated short film from Uncle Walt's Silly Symphony series,
a  frolicking folly of polar bears, walruses, seals, and a group
of penguins sing and dance on ice.

Arctic Antics

(1930)

Walt Disney Studios Production
Released by Columbia Pictures
Uploaded by Old Classic Cartoons
(August 19, 2016)