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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For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.  2 Timothy 1:12 Do you have a special place where you store precious and irreplaceable things? Those things that…
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But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another. Psalm 75:7 There have been big trials in the past that get us wondering if justice was carried out fairly. Every nation has this problem, as the judicial system is organized and run by human beings who are naturally flawed.  We don’t have to worry about…
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“…But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the…
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Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” 1 Samuel 17:45 Earlier in this chapter, the giant Goliath made his famous…
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