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Pure-hearted
“When Avram was 99 years old Adonai appeared to Avram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Walk in my presence and be pure-hearted“” (Gen 17:1, CJB). With everything we are witnessing around the world today it is hard to keep our thoughts from drifting; maybe even to unhealthy places. The Book of Genesis retells a…
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Seeking God’s Face
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.” Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was…
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Spiritual Examination
Psalm 26: A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. 3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. 4 I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I have…
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Eye of the Storm
If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it? Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who…
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The Shrewd God
“With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd. For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.” (Psalm 18:25-27) The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes shrewd “as having or showing a practical cleverness or…
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Who Is Lord Over Us?
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things, who have said, “With our tongue we…
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Faith in Prayer
” I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill” (Psalm 3:4). Do you pray knowing that God hears your prayer and has already given a response? One of David’s many gifts was his ability to pray with confidence that the Lord had already answered him. The Psalms can…
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The Usurper
“I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive”. (John 5:43) It is difficult not to come to the conclusion that the Church in America has abdicated its authority to political usurpers who feed on it for political gain; like…
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Even The Land Obeys
“Because of the transgressions of a land, many are its princes; but by a man of understanding and knowledge right will be prolonged” (Proverbs 28:2). If you are like me, you probably had to read over this passage a number of times before it becomes clear what message it conveys. In Leviticus 18, after warning…
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Unrighteous Zealots
“Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words”. (Proverbs 23:9) In my devotional reading this morning, Dr. Adam Dooley of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama commented that “Believers should neither feel obligated to nor responsible for those who hate the truth.” Dr. Dooley…
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Psalm 49 For the music director: a psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples.Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, both low and high,rich and poor together. My mouth speaks wisdom,My heart’s meditation is understanding. I will turn my ear to a proverb.I will utter my riddle on the harp:
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“Thus he explained: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will be different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, and trample it and crush it.“ Daniel 7:23 It comes up at Bible studies, conferences, and during televised or live radio programs. “Where is America in Biblical
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“Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron shatters and breaks everything—and just as iron smashes everything, so will it shatter and crush all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly potter’s clay and partly iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. It will have some
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Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day by day—as long as it is called “Today”—so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13 God wants us to live a life
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“Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked”. proverbs 25:26 Here is a rhetorical question. What happens when we look the other way as a wrongful act or crime is being committed? Faced with these situations, self-preservation may take priority over any other options before
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“So the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from the trials and how to hold the wicked until the Day of Judgement while continuing to punish them” (2 Peter 2:9). If you are like me, you may at times feel a sense of anguish thinking about all the evils in the world. You may
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“Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin degrades any people” proverbs 15:34 America has a problem – sin! We like to talk about how we are the greatest nation on earth; the greatest nation that ever existed and how we are a Christian nation. We boast about our military might, wealth, and democratic values. We
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The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, even then did not turn from what they had made with their own hands — they did not stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they turn from their murdering,
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I wait longingly for Adonai; I put my hope in his word. Everything in me waits for Adonai more than guards on watch wait for morning, more than guards on watch wait for morning. psalm 130:5-6 I often reflect on my time in the military and nights when I was on duty. I remember the clear contrast
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“Loved ones, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1). The desire to know more was part of the lure that led to the fall in the Garden of Eden, and with it, the knowledge of good and
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Psalm 49 For the music director: a psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples.Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, both low and high,rich and poor together. My mouth speaks wisdom,My heart’s meditation is understanding. I will turn my ear to a proverb.I will utter my riddle on the harp:
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“Thus he explained: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will be different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, and trample it and crush it.“ Daniel 7:23 It comes up at Bible studies, conferences, and during televised or live radio programs. “Where is America in Biblical
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“Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron shatters and breaks everything—and just as iron smashes everything, so will it shatter and crush all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly potter’s clay and partly iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. It will have some
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Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day by day—as long as it is called “Today”—so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13 God wants us to live a life
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“Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked”. proverbs 25:26 Here is a rhetorical question. What happens when we look the other way as a wrongful act or crime is being committed? Faced with these situations, self-preservation may take priority over any other options before
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“So the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from the trials and how to hold the wicked until the Day of Judgement while continuing to punish them” (2 Peter 2:9). If you are like me, you may at times feel a sense of anguish thinking about all the evils in the world. You may
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“Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin degrades any people” proverbs 15:34 America has a problem – sin! We like to talk about how we are the greatest nation on earth; the greatest nation that ever existed and how we are a Christian nation. We boast about our military might, wealth, and democratic values. We
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The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, even then did not turn from what they had made with their own hands — they did not stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they turn from their murdering,
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I wait longingly for Adonai; I put my hope in his word. Everything in me waits for Adonai more than guards on watch wait for morning, more than guards on watch wait for morning. psalm 130:5-6 I often reflect on my time in the military and nights when I was on duty. I remember the clear contrast
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“Loved ones, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1). The desire to know more was part of the lure that led to the fall in the Garden of Eden, and with it, the knowledge of good and
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Psalm 49 For the music director: a psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples.Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, both low and high,rich and poor together. My mouth speaks wisdom,My heart’s meditation is understanding. I will turn my ear to a proverb.I will utter my riddle on the harp:
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“Thus he explained: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will be different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, and trample it and crush it.“ Daniel 7:23 It comes up at Bible studies, conferences, and during televised or live radio programs. “Where is America in Biblical
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“Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron shatters and breaks everything—and just as iron smashes everything, so will it shatter and crush all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly potter’s clay and partly iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. It will have some
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Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day by day—as long as it is called “Today”—so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13 God wants us to live a life
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“Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked”. proverbs 25:26 Here is a rhetorical question. What happens when we look the other way as a wrongful act or crime is being committed? Faced with these situations, self-preservation may take priority over any other options before
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“So the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from the trials and how to hold the wicked until the Day of Judgement while continuing to punish them” (2 Peter 2:9). If you are like me, you may at times feel a sense of anguish thinking about all the evils in the world. You may
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“Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin degrades any people” proverbs 15:34 America has a problem – sin! We like to talk about how we are the greatest nation on earth; the greatest nation that ever existed and how we are a Christian nation. We boast about our military might, wealth, and democratic values. We
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The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, even then did not turn from what they had made with their own hands — they did not stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they turn from their murdering,
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I wait longingly for Adonai; I put my hope in his word. Everything in me waits for Adonai more than guards on watch wait for morning, more than guards on watch wait for morning. psalm 130:5-6 I often reflect on my time in the military and nights when I was on duty. I remember the clear contrast
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“Loved ones, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1). The desire to know more was part of the lure that led to the fall in the Garden of Eden, and with it, the knowledge of good and
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