Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.  Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,  Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,  That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;…
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No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.  1 Corinthians 10:13 God always provides a…
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When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. Mark 5:27-29 This…
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Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Acts 8:35 God would call Philip to go out to the middle of a desert in order to minister to a eunuch and this eunuch was found reading Isaiah 53:7-8, a passage he did not understand. So he asked Philip for clarification. Through…
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And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment. Hebrews 9:27 At some point we will all die.  It is by the Lord’s will that we have our breath today.  I’ve often noticed when officiating funerals that people tend to take a good hard look at their own lives when saying…
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Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints. Psalm 116:15             Nothing is feared in life more than death. People want to stave it off as long as possible for themselves and their loved ones. Many live their lives in fear of death, so will take extreme precautions. Very few people would ever say…
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And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-12             Have you ever had or known someone who broke a bone? How about a pulled back muscle?…
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We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 Paul opens up this letter right away mentioning that…
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And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Joshua 3:5 In the above verse, Joshua instructed God’s people to “Sanctify yourselves.”  Sanctify yourselves and you will see God do amazing things! Here this word sanctify is qadash in the Hebrew and it means to “keep yourself clean.”  It is a…
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Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy…
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