Passion for Praise: 'God is Not a Man'

Wednesday, March 28, 1962

God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
— Numbers 23:19

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Illustration of Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?

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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.

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