O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD. Psalm 116:16-17 The sacrifice of thanksgiving was a part of the peace offerings that could be…
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Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them. Numbers 14:9 Joshua and Caleb stood in opposition to the remaining 10 spies with whom they spent forty days spying…
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Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. Colossians 4:7 The way Paul describes Tychicus as a beloved brother says a lot. He had been there alongside with Paul for quite a while and I’m thinking that meant a lot to Paul.  When you are…
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For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance. 1 Timothy 4:8-9 The benefits of physical exercise are pretty well documented. It will improve your stamina…
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks…
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He who swears to his own hurt and does not change. Psalm 15:4 Have you ever made a bet only to call it a joke after you lost or made plans and cancel them the moment something better presented itself? Here the Psalmist tells us that a child of God, a person of integrity, will…
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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”   Matthew 5:3 “Blessed” – the Latin for this word is beatus, where we get beatitude; it means an inward contentment or abiding joy, unaffected by outer circumstances. These Beatitudes that Jesus gives in the Sermon on the Mount are pronouncements not possibilities.  The…
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And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men. Colossians 3:23 I remember watching an old TV show in which one character told another the reason her life was so humdrum was because she approached every day the same. She had no enthusiasm for what she was doing.  It…
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Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5 The devil isn’t against religion. In fact, he uses religion to damn and doom souls.…
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Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. Ecclesiastes 11:1 Solomon knew a thing or two about wisdom and when he said these words in Ecclesiastes, he was reminding us that we are to be an outpouring of a body. God has given so generously to…
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