Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.” But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.” Judges…
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Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in the dark; They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?” Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, “He…
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“Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7 This is all about giving what we ourselves have received. God has given us mercy; Jesus calls us to be merciful. Mercy is not getting what we deserve and God gave us mercy, He did not hold our sin against us. So a merciful person not…
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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. Jonah 4:1 Jonah is such an interesting book because are no lessons learned by the protagonist. He was called by the Lord to speak to Ninevah and ask them to repent and instead Jonah ran the other way and boarded a boat heading for Tarshish. God…
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Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” Mark 3:20-21 Opposition. It’s one of the realities of following Jesus. Sometimes it comes…
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And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27 God paints a beautiful illustration of rest when, after He labored for six days, He rested on the seventh. We work hard. We work long days and sometimes forget to take a vacation. I know people who…
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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 This verse is reminiscent of Isaiah 64:8 where the prophet depicts God’s people as clay and He as the potter and we as the work of His hand. When we accept Jesus…
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So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Genesis 23:2 For some 60 years, Abraham had been wandering throughout the promised land. He had gone and passed through many different areas, endured some difficult trials, and met a…
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In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will. Ephesians 1:11 Earthly inheritances have lots of drawbacks — they get taxed away, eaten at by debt, lawyers take their share, and whatever is left over is fought…
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“Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’“ Isaiah 14:16-17 Isaiah 14 records the fall in heaven of a chief angel…
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