“O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.” Psalm 38:9 December 8, 2022 “Be persuaded, then, that God does not make light of your pain. I am comforted in my suffering in the thought that God knows all about it, and feels for it too. Sympathy is a […]
“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.” 1 John 4:2 December 7, 2022 We live in a world filled with people who tell lies about God. It is only by means of the all-sufficient Word of God that lies
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“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.’” Exodus 16:4 December 6, 2022 Remember those tests we took in
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” 1 John 3:1 December 5, 2022 Movies that seek to hide the real identity of the
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“…the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3b-4 December 2, 2022 Second Corinthians has been called Second Job. It
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“And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, ‘What shall we drink?’” Exodus 15:24 December 1, 2022 It could be very embarrassing if the times of our grumbling were recorded for a wider audience. There were ten occasions where Israel tested the Lord with a complaining spirit. It had been only three days since Israel had
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“And the people of Israel said to them, ‘Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’” Exodus 16:3
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.” Ezekiel 18:30 November 29, 2022 Israel was founded as a nation to live as a theocratic kingdom in an idol worshiping world to declare
“The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20 November 28, 2022 We suffer for a
“I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise.” Psalm 138:1 Thanksgiving Day MinuteNovember 24, 2022 Seems like a strange twist to say “before the gods.” Thanksgiving in the midst of idol worshiping surroundings. David pours out his heart in praise to God for answering his prayer
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