So Help Me God...

As I am going through a personally challeniging time, in my heart I was wondering if God ever asked us to ask men for help ?

So the geek that (I think) I am, opened my (electronic) Bible and started to * search * (what else?). The results were interesting:

1. The word "help" appears than 219 times in the bible


2. That is in 211 verses !


3. The words "heelp+god" appears in 47 verses


4. The words "help+lord" appears together in 61 verses


5. The "help+man" combo appears ONLY in 17 verses


6. Similarly "help+men" in 10 verses


7. And "help+brothers" in 6 verses !

So in how many of the last 3 combinations does God say "Go to a man/men/brother(s), when you need somthing"? On a quick browse I could not find any a;though this turned up !

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. Psa 60:11

And now some samples from the "help+god" and "help+lord" combinations (just random browsing of the results):

• With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall. 2Sa 22:30


• With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." 2Ch 32:8


• Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. Isa 31:1

Incidently the combo "ask+help" turned up only 3 verses all in the New Testamanet. And the combo "seek+help" appears in 4 verses, all in the Old Testament.

So does that say some thing ? I think it does :-) Lord help me for you alone can deliver me, you alone can deliver me, ever. Amen.

Now is the time...

I have not been blogging for a while now. Although I was always looking for ideas and inspirations for blogging... This is my first blog after weeks, no months...

While I was surfing the net today I came across the clock now fixed on this page. I thought the caption "Come Now is the Time to Worship", from the famous worship song. Also another forgotten favorite came to my mind "Don't you know its time to praise the Lord", used to sing it in my EU days :-).

Nice to be blogging again - keep smiling - keep worshiping - keep winning.

On 23rd January 2005, there were an estimated 3 million people in attendance for Pastor Benny Hinn's Meeting in Bangalore. I attended the meeting on all 3 days : 21st - 23rd. More about Pastor Benny Hinn here and his statement of faith.