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 read the Bible each day seeking to know the Lord better and asking Him to conform my life to be more pleasing to Him, it…
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“Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.”   Matthew 5:8 Has your view of God and His presence in your life been fuzzy lately?  Do you just not feel as close to Him as you once did? Jesus gives us the reason. We have allowed the things of this world and our own waywardness…
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These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10 It’s my guess the above verses are not on…
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And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream,…
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“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24 So often we hear people say things like, “I have prayed so desperately, and God has not answered my prayers!” Or maybe you have been praying for something so long that it feels…
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The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?” Luke 13:15 While teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, Jesus healed a woman who had been infirm for 18 years. The…
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Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established. Proverbs 16:3 I don’t know about you but I am always thinking.  I may be worse than most, but I think we are all like that to a degree.  We are always thinking of stuff, good things, not so good things, or dumb things.  It is…
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Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.” But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.” Judges…
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Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in the dark; They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”  Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, “He…
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“Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.”   Matthew 5:7 This is all about giving what we ourselves have received.  God has given us mercy; Jesus calls us to be merciful.  Mercy is not getting what we deserve and God gave us mercy, He did not hold our sin against us. So a merciful person not…
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