Tempted: When the Traveler Comes to Visit
“Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he...
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The Love of God: The Secret to Stability
“And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us” Deuteronomy 1: 27. ...
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Birth Pains and Judgment: The Link
“Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death” James 1: 15. This passage encourages believers to endure trials with joy, as these tests build...
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God’s Goodness: How to Taste It
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him” Psalm 34: 8! This psalm encourages believers to praise God continually. It highlights His protection of the righteous and invites...
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How to Have Peace: It’s a Fight
“So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.. . . That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.” Judges 3: 11, 30. This passage outlines...
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Righteousness: How Is It Produced in the Believer?
“But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him” Hebrews 10: 38a. This passage out of Hebrew 10 explains that the Old Testament sacrificial...
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Overcome Temptation and Be a Mighty Warrior
“When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior”Judges 6: 12. This chapter describes Israel’s seven-year oppression by Midian due to idolatry, prompting them to cry out to God. God calls...
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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...
Tempted: When the Traveler Comes to Visit
“Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he...
Is the Fiery Furnace for the Righteous or the Wicked?
“So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing...
The Promises of God: Oases in the Wilderness
“For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water” Isaiah 35: 6b, 7. Isaiah 35 is a...
God’s Glory: What Part Do We Play?
“No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” Psalm 84: 11b. Psalm 84 is a joyful song of praise expressing deep longing for God’s presence, the beauty of temple worship, and the...
By Faith Not Sight: The Secret to Stability in Trials
“And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not” Exodus 17: 7? This passage tells the...
The Love of God: The Secret to Stability
“And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us” Deuteronomy 1: 27. ...
How Truth Will Set You Free and Lies Imprison You
“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. But the hair of his...
The Power of Prayer to Move the Heart of God
“In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order,...
Birth Pains and Judgment: The Link
“Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death” James 1: 15. This passage encourages believers to endure trials with joy, as these tests build...
The Cup of Suffering: The Father’s Will
“So Jesus said to Peter, ‘Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me’”John 18:11? This passage details the betrayal and arrest of Jesus in the Garden...