Tag Archives: Wisdom

Life In Focus 8/05/2023

The Fairness of God FIRES, Floods. Earthquakes. Famine. So many people seem to suffer from “acts of God” that strike without warning. Like Job, they appear to be relatively innocent of wrongdoing that might explain their pain. People wonder, “Is … Continue reading

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The Need For Light

For Saturday August 5, 2023 1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. All spelunkers (cave … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 8/05/2023

Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. – Romans 12:10 Billy Graham Ruth and I are HAPPILY Incompatible. I want to say to Ruth, my DEEPEST LOVE for a companion who has been with me ever since 1943 … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 8/05/2023

Out In the Open “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel. After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears. They waited for me as for showers and drank in … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 8/05/2023

Sorrow of Heart – 2 IT IS often better and safer for us to have few consolations in this life, especially comforts of the body. Yet if we do not have divine consolation or experience it rarely, it is our … Continue reading

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Who Is Man To You, O God? – 6

Scripture References: Psalm 8 III. The Lord’s Passion – Continued What were you intended to be? “Turn your eyes upon Jesus.” He is King of kings and Lord of lords. Revelation exults: He has made us to be “kings and … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/04/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, sovereign and holy, we praise you for the teaching of Jesus that makes your love real; for all he said and did and taught during his earthly ministry that enabled us to know you, … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/04/2023

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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Matthew 28:20

Friday August 4, 2023 Matthew 28:20 “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” This Word is to you who, by the grace of God, are His child. You have an unseen friend near you … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/04/2023

Edinburgh’s Course Opener Dr. John Baillie made it a practice to open his course on the doctrine of God at Edinburgh University with these words: “Gentlemen, we must remember that in discussing God we cannot talk about Him without His … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 8/04/2023

The Final Say Having the final say in an argument is more satisfying than I’d like to admit. By default, I’d like to be right, even if I have to be pedantic. I wish I could say this was limited … Continue reading

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Who Is Man To You, O God? – 5

Scripture References: Psalm 8 III. The Lord’s Passion All of us have our lives guided by some passion, a force which drives us. Maybe it is a passion to achieve, or a passion to experience; but we are pushed by … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/03/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we praise you for your love that has no beginning and knows no end. We praise you for your love that created the world and came to us in Jesus; for … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/03/2023

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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The Big Compelling God

Thursday August 3, 2023 Luke 18:31 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem.” Jerusalem stands in the life of Our Lord as the place where He reached the climax of His Father’s will. “I seek not Mine own will, but … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/03/2023

Matter Into Energy In northern Alabama some of our electricity comes from the Brown’s Ferry nuclear plant near Decatur, Alabama. This is the world’s largest nuclear energy plant. Its fuel is uranium. When just one gram of Uranium 235 fissions, … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 8/03/2023

Moving On “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn now and move on” (Deuteronomy 1:6–7). We have a terrible tendency to stay in one place or keep doing one activity longer than we should. Our meetings run long, … Continue reading

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Who Is Man To You, O God? – 4

Scripture References: Psalm 8 II. The Lord’s Power – Continued From last lesson: The mere fact that we can conceive of God and from our earliest years we can express a desire for God, is convincing evidence of God. God … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/02/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, you exceed our greatest thought, you blow away our deepest meditation and you completely overwhelm us with the utter and absolute sufficiency of your grace. We praise you for the coming of Christ and for … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/02/2023

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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