Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. Psalm 51:2-3 How often do we make the mistake of thinking we have to be better to make up for our sins? We think we can earn forgiveness or righteousness by…
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“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”   Matthew 5:17 There’s two ways to destroy an acorn, you either smash it with a rock or you plant it in the ground and let it “fulfill” itself by becoming an oak tree.…
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But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people. All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!” Psalm 22:6-8 All of us are made…
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. Psalm 28:7 Trust is a two-way street; at least that’s what people say. However, when it comes to trusting in Our Savior, we need not…
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For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. Hebrews 10:14 This verse offers a tremendous amount of comfort and joy to the believer while at the same time concisely stating our standing with God.  Under the old covenant, sin was never purged nor forgotten (Hebrews 10:1-4).  However, through Christ’s singular sacrifice of…
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My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;…
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Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the…
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Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. Daniel 6:3 Daniel was approaching 90 years old and had served 70 years in the Babylonian government as God’s man before seeing Babylon overthrown by the…
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Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may…
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“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”   Matthew 5:16 Don’t scream at the darkness, just turn on a light.  Keep in mind that light always invades darkness not the other way around. If you have a window in a dark room at night there…
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