“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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“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.‘” Isaiah 30:21b When you receive a “calling” from God, is it a physical thing? Do you actually hear His voice?  Most of the time when God calls us to…
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“For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” Matthew 10:20 Proclaiming the gospel to an unbelieving world is sometimes hard. Let’s face it, sometimes it’s downright scary. I can look back in my own life at times when I was asked a hard Bible-related question. In that…
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For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him; There! A people dwelling alone, Not reckoning itself among the nations.   Numbers 23:9 The Israelites were camping in the plains of Moab, bringing terror to the Moabites because of their mere presence, according to Numbers 22:3. Balak, king of…
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“Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” Joshua 1:7 Moses had gone to be with the Lord and now the…
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Then the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. 1 Samuel 3:1 Samuel went to live with the priest Eli from about the age of 4 or 5, learning to serve the Lord there in the tabernacle. Here…
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