“Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all….do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:17, 21 May 22, 2023 There is no bigger word in matters of relationships than the word “forgiveness.” Have you ever been wronged? We all […]
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“So his brothers said to him, ‘Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.’” John 7:3 May 19, 2023 There are families and then there are families. There are siblings and there are siblings. These are not riddles but statements that reflect spiritual realities. In the
“Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?” Job 38:28 May 18, 2023 Job tried to box with God about his troubles. Job’s suffering had clouded his mind about God. Personal misery can do that. But Job needed a lesson regarding God’s awesome sovereignty over all things. God had been
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“Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.’” 1 Kings 17:1 May 17, 2023 Is it going to rain today? Tomorrow? Weather forecasts are easy to come
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“In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” 1 Corinthians 11:25 May 16, 2023 Participation in the Communion service is a public demonstration of a spiritual reality. It is saying
“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body , which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’” 1 Corinthians 11:23-24
“They will say, ‘Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.’” 2 Peter 3:4 May 12, 2023 Our world is asleep at the wheel, driving headlong toward the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ironically, many
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“Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.” 2 Peter 3:3 May 11, 2023 The nearer the time approaches for Jesus Christ to come again to this earth expect increased scoffing of the Scriptures. To scoff is to ridicule, deride, poke fun at,
“He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:12 May 10, 2023 As current events seem to conspire, the question is asked, are we drawing nearer to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? We
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“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6 May 9, 2023 Nature, red in tooth and claw. It is indeed. When Adam and Eve brought God’s
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