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Read 1 Samuel 16:1-5
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have ... of course, Samuel was right. King Saul was murderous. But God was completely aware of the situation. After all, Saul was the one God was going to use to shape David’s life in the in-between years, between ...
... 15:10
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favour on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his ...
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Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, ... eroded into hopelessness.
Yet, in the midst of all this, God was not sleeping. In His sovereign plan, He determined that one person ...
Look at your datebook. Something has changed. The next month has a new year. It will take you a while to catch up as you ... yesterday and our fears of tomorrow?
There is good news. God is the Lord of new beginnings. The One who set the earth to spin from night ...
Read John 20:1
Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. (John 20:1 NASB1995)
Imagine ...
... us to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel.
We have arrived at the happy season where we celebrate this great truth.
Joyful hymns like ... to a mere teenager telling her she’s found favour with God and shall conceive a child by the power of the Most High. Joseph seeing an ...
Entoto Park sits high over Addis Ababa—above the haze, above the traffic’s blare, above the press of the city’s ... is to water the native seeds of faith already planted that God may cause natural and indigenous growth. This aim demands that we be ...
Then came the hesitations. I fretted like Moses before God at the burning bush. We have no office in Ethiopia, no IFLM pastor in ...
... handle criticism? It would be worth your while to check out the book of Nehemiah. On several occasions this great-hearted statesman was ... the source...he refused to get discouraged...he went to God in prayer...he kept building the wall (Nehemiah 2:19–20; 4:1–5).
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... Matthew 17:1-13
Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone. ... it, handle conflicts as He did, focus on the mission God calls us to accomplish as Christ focused on His. And certainly, it is our ...
Perhaps you have heard and maybe even repeated the following: “a penny saved is a penny earned,” or “two wrongs don’t ... proverbs were not making promises or stating guarantees from God. They were giving brief, general truth about life based on observation and ...
... to have gone wrong. Terribly wrong.
Cleopas, one of the larger group of Jesus' disciples, had been in Jerusalem that Passover week ... and feeling overwhelmed by things that make no sense? God's plan for the world and our lives centres around Jesus Christ as revealed ...
Read 1 Peter 5:8-9
A basketball fan at the Portland airport awaited the arrival of the Trailblazers following a victory over the Lakers and ... mind before the service, girding yourself with the armour of God.
Don't let Satan rip you off.
In case you question the ...
... aren’t when we are. Sincerity is no guarantee we’re on the right road. Furthermore, we don’t have to be alone to be lost. We can be ... the terms the Bible uses to describe people who don’t know God in a personal and meaningful manner is “lost.” That doesn’t ...
... Read Psalm 27; 2 Timothy 1:7; Isaiah 51:12-16
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and ... through a night of thick fog at 200 miles per hour, but the seasoned pilot of the twin-engine Aero Commander was loving every dip, ...
When the heart is right, the feet are swift.
That's the way Thomas ... of myself. Churchill's words regarding our age never fail to move me. What an eloquent spokesman for good! Describing courageous warriors, ... a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing (2 Samuel 24:24 NASB). David refused a handout.
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Read Esther 8:9– 14
The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet ring. Mordecai sent ... care who’s behind that document. We serve a sovereign God who has yet to go “Ahh!” when He finds anything on this earth. Nothing ...
... change except a baby with a dirty diaper, and even then the baby will cry about it!” Embracing change involves three attitudes: ... are three fundamental aspects we must acknowledge.
1. God is in control. Daniel 4:35 says, “But He does according to His will in ...
... usually born out of surrounding circumstances that so affect the thinking of the composer, he cannot help but burst forth with a melody and an accompanying ...
It’s simplistic to say that the only kind of battle going on today is the war against terrorism, though ... forever bent on our destruction.
Why does he despise God’s people and fight so insidiously against us? The answer is that he’s ... you feel discouraged or tempted, test each thought against God’s Word (1 John 4:1). Deception is exposed when held up against the truth. ...
... Armies. I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. (Psalm 84:1–2)
It’s gone on long enough. The pigsty in the ...
