“He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.” -Micah 7:18-19 Today, we awake to the full knowledge that we are unsure of what will happen. Our […]
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“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Rev. 22:13 (See also Rev. 1:8, 21:6, but also Is.41:4, 44:6, Is. 46:8-10, Is. 48:12) These last months we have been working our way through the wonderful book of the Revelation finding many things that have been said
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“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” (I Peter 5:8) During his research on World War II, Stephen Ambrose, the well-known historian, asked a veteran why he had been willing to go to war. He replied, “I was nineteen years old. I had my life ahead
“…giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…” Eph. 5:20 I awoke this morning with a great desire to thank the Lord. I have unending reasons to give thanks so you would think that giving thanks would be normal and continuous and yet I woke
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“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”- John 10:27 Read these words again…a second time. I hope you find these words of Jesus comforting. He begins, “My sheep…” so if at any time you are wondering about your identity and/or your purpose, remember who it is that you belong
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“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it…” -Isaiah 48:10-11a It is important to remember there is no true “past tense” in the Hebrew language of old. So when we see what is translated as past
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“When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word, but must do everything he said.”- Numbers 30:2 The Westminster Confession of Faith explains a vow this way: “…whoever takes an oath ought to consider fully the importance of such a solemn
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“All the believers were together and had everything in common…every day they continued to meet together in the temples courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were
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“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do
