A Fool and His Beatings
“When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord” Proverbs 19: 3. “Condemnation is ready for scoffers and beating for the backs of fools” Proverbs 19: 29. According to verse 29, our foolishness...
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A Call to Worship When it Feels Impossible
“Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. . . ” Exodus 7:...
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The Test of Your Faith that Will Drive Out Your Demons
“When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand” Acts 28:3. This passage describes the apostle...
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Resist Temptation and Turn a Snare into Freedom
“They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the...
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Resisting Temptation: The Easier Way to Suffer
“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering” Hebrews 2: 10. This verse tells us Jesus was...
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God’s Mercy in Judgement Makes Us Glad
“. . . he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him” Proverbs 23: 24b. This verse tells us a father is glad in or delights in a wise son. Solomon was...
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How to Actually Trust in God
“So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on every side” 2 Chronicles...
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The Afflictions of the Righteous: Through the Sea of Suffering
“For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the...
A Fool and His Beatings
“When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord” Proverbs 19: 3. “Condemnation is ready for scoffers and beating for the backs of fools” Proverbs 19: 29. According to verse 29, our foolishness...
A Call to Worship When it Feels Impossible
“Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. . . ” Exodus 7:...
The Knowledge of Good and Evil: How do We Get Wisdom?
“And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give...
Narrow Is the Path to Life, but What Does That Mean?
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard...
The Glory of God and How We Fall Short of It
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3: 23. This passage from Romans tells us that because all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, humanity is justified...
How the Fear of the Lord Turns Temptation Into Treasure
“Take my [wisdom] instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her” Proverbs 8: 10, 11. Our reading...
Sin In the Bible: The High Price We Pay
“The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst Deuteronomy 17: 7. This...
The Test of Your Faith that Will Drive Out Your Demons
“When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand” Acts 28:3. This passage describes the apostle...
How to Be Blessed with Every Good Thing
“No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” Psalm 84: 11b. This is one of the many precious promises out of the book of Psalms. These are some of the most comforting...
The Story of Samson: Inner Reality Manifested Outwardly
“And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison” Judges 16:21. The Story...