“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” John 15:18 April 21, 2023 Have you been the recipient of hate speech? The secular world has found the word “hate” a useful way to attain the moral high ground in reordering society. It was Jesus Christ who told His […]
“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.” Romans 12:16 April 20, 2023 Harmony in music is a gift from God. Quartets, choirs, duets, and such seem to have faded in church music. There is another kind of harmony which is
“But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.’” Luke 10:40 April 19, 2023 Company’s coming, a very special guest. There’s a lot to be done, a meal to
“Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!” Psalm 34:9 April 18, 2023 God’s way for us in fighting fear is a better fear. That better fear is the fear of God. This is not a cowering before His power and waiting to be smacked if we do
“The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.” Psalm 34:7 April 17, 2023 David’s life was a battle with fears. On one occasion while running from King Saul who was trying to kill David, we see David resorting to pretending to be insane to gain protection from Achish, a
“So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.” John 11:6 April 14, 2023 There are divine purposes in every crisis. The problem is that we can’t immediately figure what those purposes might be. Mary’s brother, Lazarus, was sick. Jesus was told and in response,
“As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.” 2 Corinthians 7:9 April 13, 2023 There is sadness with joy and there is sadness without joy. Perhaps there is some generalized sadness in
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“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.” James 1:2 April 12, 2023 An oxymoron (not an ox that is stupid) “is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word in a phrase that is a self-contradiction.” It would be like saying a wise fool
“Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.” Proverbs 10:6-7 April 11, 2023 Wisdom tells us that we reap what we sow. It’s Spring. Weeds and grass are making their appearance.
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“As soon as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.” 1 Samuel 4:5 April 10, 2023 Is your God big enough? God is always good and always great. He cannot be manipulated to be a genie in a bottle
