 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1840 - 428 pages
...enterprise of the pilgrims began from God. A solemn fast was held. '< Let us seek of God," said they, "a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance." Anticipating their high destiny, and the sublime doctrines of liberty, that would grow out of the principles... | |
 | Abraham Kuyper - Religion - 1948 - 128 pages
...answered prayer and blessing. Ezra (chapter 8:21) writes, "Then I proclaimed a fast, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substances. . . So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he was intreated of us." Having thus... | |
 | W. D. Gann - Self-Help - 1950 - 124 pages
...days. — I Chron. 10:12. Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way...and for our little ones, and for all our substance. So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. — Ezra 8:21, 23. Now in the... | |
 | Frank Talmage - Religion - 1975 - 436 pages
...group of exiles from Babylonia: "I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of Him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all substance. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...expressed by name. 21 f Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might al Ilici rom the top of the rocks 1 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the... | |
 | Michael E. Evans - Finance, Personal - 1988 - 58 pages
...Look at Ezra 8:21-23: 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way...and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the... | |
 | Religion - 1994 - 1208 pages
...fast, by the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, — to seek of him a smooth way, for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king, a band of soldiers and horsemen,' to help us against the enemy... | |
 | 1905 - 398 pages
...there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22. For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy... | |
 | J. Dwight Pentecost - Religion - 1999 - 212 pages
...joined together. Ezra said, "I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for our substance" (8:21). His fast signified his dependence on God and his desire to know God's will.... | |
 | Walter Wilson - Religion - 2001 - 580 pages
...Ezra via. 21. 1 proclaimed a fast there, at the river Aliava, that we might afflict our souls before God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. He then took leave of them with the follo wing truly generous and Christian exhortation. j • Neal's... | |
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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is... 
