by Susan Barnes | 28 Jul 2025 | Short Devotion>People
The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?” “No,” he said. (Numbers 22:30) “Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?” It’s a good question to ask ourselves if...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Jul 2025 | Short Devotion>People
Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” (Numbers 13:30) Caleb sees precisely the same land, the same fruit, and the same giants as the other spies, but Caleb has faith in God (as...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Apr 2018 | Bible Study
Obeying God becomes easier when we understand and believe that God will only ask us to do what is best for us. The problems come when we don’t want God’s best, but prefer to settle for second-best or even third or fourth best. It’s our natural tendency to pick what’s...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Mar 2017 | Devotions OT
So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses. Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side. Numbers 36:10-11 This is an encouraging note to conclude the book of Numbers. This new generation...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Mar 2017 | Devotions OT
This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side. Numbers 34:12 The boundaries that God described, enclosed an area that was considerably smaller than what he promised Abraham. “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Feb 2017 | Devotions OT
On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves and do no work. Numbers 29:7 “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (Mark 8:34). Denying ourselves is both an Old and New...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Feb 2017 | Devotions OT
Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: “Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.” Numbers 28:2 The list of offerings in this chapter is overwhelming. Sometimes we may feel that we make great...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Feb 2017 | Devotions OT
So Moses brought their case before the Lord. Numbers 27:5 It’s impossible to create laws that cover every possibility. Later the Pharisees would try to do this and even today Orthodox Jews have lists of numerous activities that one cannot do on the Sabbath. For...
