Tag Archives: Religion

Faith From The Beginning 7/27/2024

The Furnace and the Lamp – Part 1 AFTER God has removed Abraham completely out of the picture, this is the record we read: “When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/26/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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John 16:24

Friday July 26, 2024 John 16:24 “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” The other day we said that the real purpose of prayer is to glorify God. Today we are told that prayer has still … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/26/2024

Sage Advice Proverbs is full of sage advice, and some examples deserve special attention. No words could better describe the concept expressed here: “Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/25/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Am I Blessed Like This?

Thursday July 25, 2024 Matthew 5:3-10 “Blessed are . . .” When we first read the statements of Jesus they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unobserved into our unconscious minds. For instance, the Beatitudes seem merely mild … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/25/2024

Forgiven and Forgiving Idioms are often unhelpful because their overuse has robbed them of meaning. But the idiom “putting up walls” has a twist in Proverbs: “A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength, and quarrels … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/24/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Romans 8:4

Wednesday July 24, 2024 Romans 8:4 The righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us. In our earlier experiences we know the Holy Ghost only at a distance, in things that happen in a providential direction, or in the … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/24/2024

Faithful Decision-Making “I asked God, and He didn’t answer me.” When I hear people say this, I’m often tempted to reply, “Haven’t you read the prophets?” Because sometimes what people are really saying is, “I asked God to do something … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/23/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Altogether Desirable

Tuesday July 23, 2024 Song of Solomon 5:16 He is altogether desirable. When the old Puritan minister had delivered his discourse, and dwelt upon firstly, secondly, thirdly and perhaps upon twenty-fifthly, before he sat down he usually gave a comprehensive … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/23/2024

Constructing Lives by the Law Dispensing good, helpful advice gets the benevolent juices flowing. As easy as it is to give advice, though, it often hits me with the irony of a cartoon anvil when I end up tripping over … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/22/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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He Never Changes

Monday July 22, 2024 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. It seems to be very hard for us to comprehend the importance of the fact that Christ does not change and that there is … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/22/2024

Self-Evident Hope “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made it clear … Continue reading

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Bible Insights 7/21/2024

Inspiring Words Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near (Revelation 1:3). The typical news reports—filled with … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 7/21/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 95 O Thou who ascended up on high, and led captivity captive, and gavest gifts unto men, as after Thy ascension into heaven Thou didst send Thy Holy Spirit down upon Thine Apostles in … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 7/21/2024

Even the Depraved Scripture References: Deuteronomy 1:17; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 While working undercover for the FBI, Joseph Pistone found that even Mafia soldiers have strong moral feelings. What did they feel about Iran, while it held our embassy? Bomb Teheran. … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 7/20/2024

Fasting for the Upwardly Mobile YOU may think of fasting as something done only by people who have taken vows of poverty, or perhaps by the highly devout. But Zechariah discussed fasting for people who were prospering materially (Zechariah 7:5). … Continue reading

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