Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.Romans 12:15-16 There are times when I’m heading to do a hospital call or getting ready…
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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and…
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Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Ecclesiastes 4:12 During my time in the military, we were taught over and over the importance of everyone knowing their part to play in case a crisis should arise. To be honest, drilling over and over began…
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Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law, That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.Psalm 94:12-13The psalmist asked God earlier, “How long will the wicked triumph?” (v.3), and proceeded to lay out the deeds of the…
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Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?” And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of…
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The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above.Proverbs 14:14 Elimelech, in the book of Ruth, lived in Bethlehem (meaning house of bread) in the days the judges ruled. When a famine came upon the land of Promise, he took his wife Naomi and…
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For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you.2 Peter 1:12-13 Peter wrote this epistle knowing he was…
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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation,Hebrews 2:2-3a The message of the Law and the Prophets mediated by angels was unchangeable. This “word spoken” carried blessings for obedience and punishment for disobedience. The…
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And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.Revelation 5:6 Revelation chapters…
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“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.”John 15:15 When one thinks of the word “servant,” it usually comes with negative connotations. We might…
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