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Read John 20:1-10
On the day Jesus was crucified, a sinister darkness blotted out the sun and ... the darkness, the Devil, and death had defeated the Son of God once and for all. But what no one could see was that the Messiah’s death ... to lash out in desperate hatred against everything in God’s creation. But not to worry...Jesus is alive with a new kind of life ...
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It strikes me as odd I would immediately believe the reason I needed glasses was more to do with reading after dark than ... shaped by what we shouted to each other across the playground.
It makes me wonder what else I have mixed up along the way.
At age 10 my favourite types of books were those written in ...
Read Psalm 32
The words of Psalm 23 are very familiar to all of us. Yet, unless we read that ... the Lord forever" (KJV).
Think of goodness and mercy as God's sheepdogs. They stay with us, close by our side, "all the days of our ... the Lord to grant her grieving daughters-in-law chesed . God not only gives "dying grace." He also provides "grieving mercy," which ...
... moving. My sons had commandeered my stereo and had broken the sound barrier with music that sounded like a herd of angry cats chasing a ... with loneliness. And so we miss the quiet whisperings of God. Though He can be heard anywhere, He speaks most often in the silence, ...
... 4:7–15
But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.” We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also ...
... be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the ... mother died, she and a neighbour friend compiled a book of God’s promises taken from the Scriptures. Each made her own. My mother used ...
... me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. (Job 19:25)
Too often Christians try to take the ... He will ultimately destroy.
Someday we will stand before God. And when we do, we will need something more than speculative imagination ...
... Numbers 20:1-13
So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the LORD Then he and Aaron ... when did you ever bring water out of a rock? Isn’t God the one who summons water? True enough. But when you give in to rage, you ...
Read 1 Corinthians 12:12
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So, ... were not only various opinions on the same subject, but that God had the audacity to bless those who disagreed with me. I believe it was Dr. ...
... too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be ... and looked back over that golden metropolis he had watched God build over the past years. His heart must have been broken as he stood ...
... in a brazen display of depravity akin to Sodom’s.
The sordid account of Sodomite lifestyle is graphically portrayed in Genesis ... people and, no doubt, became accustomed to their ways. Then God stepped in.
Jealous for Lot’s deliverance, the Lord clearly announced ...
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Like an anger-blind, half-starved rat prowling in the foul-smelling sewers below street level, so is the person caged within the ... This was Cain’s sin. He was jealous of Abel. He resented God’s acceptance of his brother. No doubt his face was red with emotion and ...
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I have just taken my Webster’s Dictionary off the shelf and looked up "thorough." He says it means “carried through to ... week with an intense interest in quality control. Let’s move out of thick ranks of the mediocre…and join the thin ranks of ...
Read Nehemiah 6:1-14
One of the occupational hazards of being a leader is receiving criticism (not all of ... of humour is of paramount importance to the leader. Many of God's servants are simply too serious! They must have the ability to laugh at ... foolish if we respond angrily to every criticism. Who knows, God may be using those very words to teach us some essential lessons, painful ...
... grew very intense, perhaps prompting him to write the song we know today as Psalm 13. We can't be certain of the issue plaguing ... before he was officially promoted to the throne of Israel. God was preparing him for an immense task, and He used the trials to shape him ...
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Recently, I read a stirring speech delivered by the late Mother Theresa at the 44th National Prayer Breakfast—a prestigious ... enemies of righteousness who defy the power of Almighty God, or to speak out boldly against blatant injustice and outright ... and deliver. As you determine in your heart to stand tall, God will lay those opportunities before you when you least expect it. You can ...
Read Exodus 3:1
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the ... far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God. (Exodus 3:1)
The desert is a place of obscurity. Moses had to cope ...
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Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the ... wasn’t an ounce of jealousy or insecurity in that man of God.
Are you pursuing godliness? Do you want to count for Christ? Has God ...
... is a legalist, and Christian “B” isn’t. What’s the difference? What makes one a legalist and the other not?
On one hand, ... and even that is not enough. For then you must learn to know God better and discover what he wants you to do. Next, learn to put aside your ...
Read Exodus 2:15-25
Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their ... slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to ...
