“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34 The Greek word used here for new implies freshness, the opposite of unworn. In the Old Testament ,the law boiled down to two things, loving God above all else and…
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“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” Matthew 6:22-23 God’s Word often uses the eye to…
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Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” Numbers 22:28 The story of Balaam and the donkey is one of the most incredible stories in the Bible. It’s the story of a greedy man who the Lord…
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“For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.” Galatians 2:19 There was a suspenseful movie I saw years ago called Double Jeopardy. It was about a person who found a way around the legal system by pretending they were dead so that they couldn’t be charged for the same crime…
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You enlarged my path under me; So that my feet did not slip. Psalm 18:36 Imagine crossing a mountain, on a path so treacherous that making one mistake results in an immediate plunge to death. Now imagine divine intervention that causes that path to widen as you take each step, giving you sure and stable footing…
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Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Romans 8:34 If you are like me, you may sometimes feel like God is just not aware of all you are going through. Maybe He knows…
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Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 1 Samuel 24:4…
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Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land. Hosea 4:1 Hosea was a prophet sent to the northern kingdom of Israel warning them of the disaster and judgment…
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My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word. Psalms 119:28 We can all sympathize with the Psalmist here in this verse. At times our souls can feel heavy from the anxieties of life and the darkness of the world. But the answer to these things is simple: the Word of God. In…
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“Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.“ Joshua 1:6 This is the first of many times in which God calls Joshua to be strong and courageous. Here God is telling Joshua, because I have promised this…
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