“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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“About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword…” Acts 12:1-2 July 18, 2022 Perhaps it is a sign of the times, mine only, but as a teenager I really got into the comics section in the newspaper.
but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?…But he [Peter] denied it, saying, ‘Woman, I do not know him.‘” Luke 22:48, 57 July 15-16, 2022 Who of us has not had to deal with disappointment? A baseball game rained out as a youth, a broken heart over
You felt secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” Isaiah 47:10 July 14, 2022 Perhaps you have wondered why the Bible gives so much attention to Babylon, especially in
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Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children”. Isaiah 47:8 July 13, 2022 Alexander Solzhenitsyn was described in 1983, upon receiving the Templeton Prize for Progress
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