And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Acts 1:26 After Judas committed suicide, Peter used Scriptures in Psalms to show that he would need to be replaced to bring the number of the disciples back up to 12. He was right about that,…
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Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 As I was going through my closet the other day, I found several shirts that I had forgotten I owned. I loved those shirts and yet I had become so obsessed with…
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Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Galatians 6:1 The Greek word for overtaken implies an element of surprise, therefore the type of trespass here is one that overtakes a person suddenly rather than one that…
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“Then they said to Him, “Who are you?”  And Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.  I have many things to say and judge concerning you, but He who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.” John 8:25-26 Here…
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“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew 18:6 Have you ever seen a millstone?  It’s a huge, heavy, round stone used to grind grain…
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For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels. Luke 9:26 This forthright statement from our Lord is clear, understandable, and frightening. It was spoken by Jesus as He called each of us to take…
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Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!” Ezekiel 18:31-32  God tells Israel through Ezekiel that they don’t…
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Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may…
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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34 We know from the Word that God gives us His grace in abundance, but He also doesn’t waste His grace.  He gives it to us just when we need it.  If a hardship is facing…
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If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. Psalm 130:3-4 I love reading verses in the Bible about the Lord’s forgiveness. It’s a proof of His love and His mercy and it helps me get through the day. Because just as this verse says, if the Lord…
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