“The way that your fast does not please me at all: You make yourselves humble for a day. You bend down your head, like a piece of weak grass. You lie down on sackcloth and ashes. Do you think that you are really fasting when you do that? Do you think that it pleases me, …
“While Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd shouted out. ‘How happy is the woman that gave birth to you! How happy is the woman that fed you from her breasts!’ Jesus replied, ‘How happy, rather, are the people that hear the message from God. That is if they obey it.’” Luke 11:27-28 …
“Be careful about anything that you do in the temple. Listen well when you worship God. Some fools go to the temple and give sacrifices to God. But they do it for the wrong reasons. They do not know that they have done a wrong thing! You should think before you speak. You should think …
Where It’s Hardest to Follow Jesus: 1. North Korea 2. Afghanistan 3. Somalia 4. Libya 5. Pakistan 6. Eritrea 7. Sudan 8. Yemen 9. Iran 10. India https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/top-christian- persecution-open-doors-2020-world-watch-list.html We are so lucky in North America! Even though the gospel is clear that Christians will be persecuted (John 15:18), we have it …
One of my (many) faults is that I can be cynical at times. I pray often asking God to start to soften my hardened heart and at least lead me to the facts before I jump to conclusions. I know why I am cynical at times. It all started with my dad who drilled in …
It’s amazing when you have something on your mind and repeatedly pray for God’s counsel on what to do. Then, out of the blue, you are given the answer through someone else. Here is a wonderful example: Over the past few days, I have been pondering my will. I am an only child and my …
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood …
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“Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things …
“This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;” Ephesians …
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“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15 NKJV https://www.bible.com/114/jhn.15.15.nkjv “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are …
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