Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” Lamentations 3:22-24 In the midst of great suffering, Jeremiah writes this great truth found in the Book of Lamentations. Written…
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“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 I love to hike. There’s…
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Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God. 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 When Hezekiah, Judah’s king, was ill and at the point…
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O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD. Psalm 116:16-17 The sacrifice of thanksgiving was a part of the peace offerings that could be…
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But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil. Proverbs 1:33 Enough said! Amen and Amen! In contemporary slang, “He just dropped the microphone!” Oftentimes, the Bible cannot be any clearer or any less obvious. The book of Proverbs is full of practical living for anyone who seeks…
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Then He came to His disciples and said to them “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.” Matthew 26:45 After their final Passover celebration together, Jesus and His disciples went to pray in Gethsemane. Jesus and three of…
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“Now when it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’s feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving.” Luke 10:38-39 Luke writes of the time Jesus was…
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For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 For a very young church, the Thessalonians were having quite an influence all over…
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“Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.“ Matthew 13:22 As God’s people, we have been given great advantages in this life — the Holy Spirit to dwell within us and…
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In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.…
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