Continual Praise

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised. Psa. 113:3 NIV           I thought of this verse that reveals the Lord’s praise across the nations last Sunday during our worship service. My pastor referred to how worship was taking place that was(…)

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The Why Behind the What

As I read through scripture, I notice the recurring wording following an action of the Lord or His servants. It is often worded as “In order to,” “In order that,” or “So that.”           This time around, I am reading the Good News Translation. In this Bible version, those phrases occur twenty-one times in the(…)

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The Bookends of the Bible

Although the Bible is a collection of 66 books written by 40 different authors over 1,500 years, it is amazing the flow of the themes that appear.           Genesis begins with the creation of the world and Adam and Eve in a garden paradise, where they enjoy the blessings of God, who is with them(…)

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Rejecting the Role of a Steward

“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to(…)

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REMEMBER

He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ” And they remembered His words. Luke 24:6-8 NKJV This morning, during the Easter sunrise service, our pastor(…)

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Saving Yourself

“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! Matthew 27:40 (NKJV) Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” Luke 23:39 (NKJV)      Perhaps the above verses could represent the last temptation of Christ. Even when we are wrong, people have(…)

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