“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 August 1, 2022 Are you a happy person? What I really mean is, with more theological exactness, is your life as a Christian characterized by abiding joy? Joy is the God-given delight in His goodness. It does not depend […]
“Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.” Psalm 56:9 July 29, 2022 Is God for you or against you? Why would any Christian think God is against them? David was convinced that God was for him and it was in an extremely
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“He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.” Acts 28:30-31 July 28, 2022 The apostle Paul spent vital years of his life as a prisoner. Once again we
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“Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,” Psalm 48:1 July 27, 2022 A recent ride up Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee at 1,850 feet above sea level offered a breathtaking view of the city below. Mountains are wonderful creations of God. As the flood
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“Do not let your adorning be external-the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear – but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” 1 Peter 3:3-4 July
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”Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives.” 1 Peter 3:1 July 25, 2022 Christian wives can be married to non-Christian husbands for different reasons. In some parts of the world arranged
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“And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.” Genesis 2:22 “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 July 22, 2022 Our culture would have women define themselves
“The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ….They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green.” Psalm 92:12, 14 July 21, 2022 “Don’t just grow old – grow up!” The psalmist is saying that in his song of the sweetness of praise
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“For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.” 1 Kings 11:4 July 20, 2022 If you live long enough, you will grow old. King Solomon, sadly, is a bad
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“About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church….Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.” Acts12:1, 23 July 19, 2022 “Herod Agrippa I, 10 BC-44 AD, king over
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