Going deeper with Jesus
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Have you ever not been loving and realized later you were not who you wanted to be? Or more important than that that you were not who God wanted […]
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I have had people in my life who say, God is good. when something good has happened. If it was sunshining on their Saturday, God is good. Or if they got a job they wanted, God is good. They never said God was good when something bad happened. That wasn’t their style, neither is it
Some people make Jesus what they want Him to be. They pick and choose the commands He gave or the warnings. They create a new Jesus or a different Jesus that matches their idea of how God should think and act. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the king’s horses and all the King’s menCould not put Humpty together again.author unknown As applied to scripture, this nursery rhyme might be compared to: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 My mind is on America this morning. America
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt Me and you. Genesis 17:11 Circumcision was a covenant with the Lord, the outward display of dedication to the Lord signifying purification and cleansing. Then, God went further. He wanted the heart to be involved. Isn’t
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After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given
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I saw an ad for a generator that hooks up to your power supply. It has the capacity to store power and kicks on in the event the power goes out. We already have those digital electric meters which they can switch on and off. Some people have their whole houses automated, they have robotic
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 God has warned us about mingling with those who do not regard Him throughout the Bible. He always allowed for those who wanted to serve Him to be a part
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God hears our thoughts. Of course, He is all-knowing, and He zeroes in and listens. Jesus knew His Father always heard Him. He said, And I knew that Thou hearest Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me. John 11:32Jesus knew that
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They soon forgat His works; they waited not for His counsel:But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Psalm 106:13-15 The Israelites are examples of who not to follow in the word of God. They disappointed God over and over
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