Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Luke 5:31-32 Jesus was having a feast at Matthew the tax collector’s house and the scribes and Pharisees weren’t happy about it. They said to…
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But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 If anyone went to Sunday school from 1915 to present day, you probably heard the song, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so…” Even if you heard it only once, you…
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners. Proverbs 1:19 The context of this verse is in terms of those who are so evil that they will shed innocent blood for gain.  The end result is that they ultimately are destroying their own lives and…
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Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. Nehemiah 5:19 Here we see Nehemiah praying to the Lord and when he said “Remember me, my God,” he was looking for a high five from the Lord.  You see, his heart was to please God and not the people.  Despite…
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So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “You are blessed of the LORD, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him. And now may the LORD show kindness and truth to you. I also will repay you this kindness, because you…
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I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me. Psalm 101:3 David, as king of Israel in Psalm 101, writes out his vow to seek to live in godliness as the ruler over God’s people. You would be well to go…
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“And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.“ Matthew 7:25 The storms of life are going to try to blow us down. They are going to throw everything at us in an attempt to shake…
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“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”  John 13:34  The Greek word used here for new implies freshness, the opposite of unworn. In the Old Testament ,the law boiled down to two things, loving God above all else and…
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“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”    Matthew 6:22-23 God’s Word often uses the eye to…
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Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” Numbers 22:28 The story of Balaam and the donkey is one of the most incredible stories in the Bible. It’s the story of a greedy man who the Lord…
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