And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27 God paints a beautiful illustration of rest when, after He labored for six days, He rested on the seventh. We work hard. We work long days and sometimes forget to take a vacation. I know people who…
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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 This verse is reminiscent of Isaiah 64:8 where the prophet depicts God’s people as clay and He as the potter and we as the work of His hand.  When we accept Jesus…
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1.“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2.Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have…
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So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Genesis 23:2 For some 60 years, Abraham had been wandering throughout the promised land. He had gone and passed through many different areas, endured some difficult trials, and met a…
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In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will. Ephesians 1:11 Earthly inheritances have lots of drawbacks — they get taxed away, eaten at by debt, lawyers take their share, and whatever is left over is fought…
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“Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’“ Isaiah 14:16-17 Isaiah 14 records the fall in heaven of a chief angel…
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A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9 I am so grateful for the Lord’s direction in my life! There have been many times I have made plans for my life and the Lord has told me “no.” I get excited about my plans and I begin to visualize…
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“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.”  Matthew 5:6 Have you ever been so busy with something that you forget to eat? At some point, you’ll likely say to yourself, “If I don’t eat now, I’m going to fall over.” Why is that? Because we know we derive strength…
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If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. Psalm 66:18 There are some verses in the Bible I just don’t like and this is one of them. Yet this verse is meant to be an encouragement and not a judgment. It’s a reminder to us the Lord wants to hear our…
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“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Matthew 1:23 Matthew, writing of our Savior’s birth, quotes directly from a 700-year-old prophecy found in Isaiah 7:14 and it could not have been made any clearer for us. A miraculously…
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