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An Anointing
“But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.” 1 John 2:20 June 27, 2023 If you are a Christian, you have been given the Holy Spirit. Part of His work within us is providing the ability to detect false teaching. Specifically, the Holy Spirit helps to protect believers from…
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Male Birds Are Good Dads
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 June 26, 2023 Male birds can teach us fathers a few things about what it means to be good dads. According to Charles Seabrook, who writes locally about the world…
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Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
“In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8 June 23, 2023 Very early in my childhood I learned a bedtime prayer many of us remember. “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I…
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Kiss the Son
“Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. . . . Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are you who take refuge in him.” Psalm 2:10, 12 June 22, 2023 The appeal from God is for…
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The Coronation of the King
“I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you. . . .You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’” Psa. 2:7,9 June 21, 2023 The coronation of the King of England was an elaborate…
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When God Laughs
“He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. . . . As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” Psalm 2:4,6 June 20, 2023 What is God’s reaction to the haughty words of these pygmy human rulers? The spotlight in Psalm 2:1-3 is on God…
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Why Do The Nations Rage?
“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?. . .Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” Psalm 2:1,3 June 19, 2023 It was on October 19, 1781 that Brigadier General Charles O’Hara of the British army gave his sword to Major General Benjamin of the Continental…
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The Place of Slaughtering
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.” Exodus 27:1 June 16, 2023 In the midst of Israel’s encampment of over two million sat a tabernacle. The book of Exodus gives an incredible amount of attention…
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The Father Who Doesn’t Fail Us
“I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” John 17:26 June 15, 2023 Do the experiences of our fathers determine our views of the Heavenly Father? There is a popular idea…