How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts!Psalm 84:1 What makes a church beautiful is not the ornate decorations or the elaborate artwork it might display. It’s not the classical hymns or the operatic voices singing them. Not that churches can’t have those things. No, what makes a church lovely is that God is…
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So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself.”Exodus 18:17-18 Personally, I have never had a hard time asking…
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And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”Luke 11:27-28 Isaiah…
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In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying “Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”John 4:31-33 The disciples had just got back from getting some food for everyone and they…
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Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.2 Thessalonians 2:15 Paul is writing to a church that was living in a world much like ours today, a world that is hostile to the things of God and resistant to the truth of God’s word, and…
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He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.Psalm 22:9 Even those who have only taken a casual glance at Scripture will quickly come to see that the truths explained in Scripture clash with this world’s system. Jesus said, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for…
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When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” The LORD has done great things for us, And we are glad. Bring back…
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“That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”Ephesians 4:22-24 Our lives should be so marked by…
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And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.Hebrews 4:13 Have you ever sat down to read through the Bible and suddenly realize by what’s written there’s a spotlight beaming on your life? God’s Word does a…
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“You defiled your sanctuaries By the multitude of your iniquities, By the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you. All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You…
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