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Chasing the Wind
“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?” Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 December 11, 2024 Where can we find the meaning of life? Does life have any purpose? If it does where is the answer to be found?
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God’s Hedges
“Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.” Hosea 2:6 December 9, 2024 God in His rule over all our circumstances chooses to set up hedges around His people. God set up a wall of protection around Job to
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Distracted by Christmas
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.” Luke 1:32 December 6, 2024 What?! It is possible, but not preferable, to have our attention drawn away from the real meaning of the Christmas season. Our
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Location, Location, Location
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” John 14:3 December 4, 2024 A factor in choosing the house in which you want to live is “location, location, location.” On the heels of Jesus’ telling
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Mary Who?
“And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!’” Luke 1:28 December 2, 2024 With the Christmas season upon us, the birth story of Jesus will be told and heard by millions. Out of nowhere we meet a teenage girl named Mary. Who was she and what is
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Does Jesus Love Me?
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” Romans 8:35 November 29, 2024 “Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.” Do you remember that little song many of us sang in our early years in
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The Majesty of God’s Mercies
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul and forget not all his benefits.” Psalm 103:1-2 November 27, 2024 Do you ever talk to yourself? We all do at some point. David takes this to another level by offering a great
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Medicine for Hardening Arteries
“And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:13 November 25, 2024 It is always important to follow the thought being developed in any part of the Bible. In Hebrews the writer is warning his Hebrew Christian
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The Sufficiency of the Word of God
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4.12 November 22, 2024 In view of the fact that the Scriptures are living (God speaking), active