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Feb 6, 2012, 8:33 am
Will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. (Luke 17:7-8)
The only specific thing I can think of that the bible says God is slow about is anger. When it comes to helping His children, He will ... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2011, 1:12 am
Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” (Matthew 19:27)
When the prospect of heavenly rewards captures your heart instead of the prospect of the glory of God, your motivation to serve the Lord will be tainted. You might find yourself wi... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2011, 8:18 am
"And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’" (Matthew 20:11)
God does not play favorites. Each of us will enter His presence through fait... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 8:31 am
Though faith is a matter of the heart, and I would typically be the first to defend that mere logic or intellect is not how a person is brought to knowing the Lord, Jesus seems to emphasize here that to grasp the Word of God with one’s mind is of extreme importance!
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Oct 10, 2011, 9:18 pm
When Josiah was 8 years old He became king of Judah. He did what is right in God’s sight just like his ancestor King David did. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
When Josiah was 16, he became a worshipper of God and when he was 20 he began removing all the idols from Jerusalem and J... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2011, 9:45 pm
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.” (Matthew 12:33)
There is only one way to bear good fruit: to be a good tree. Focusing on the fruit will not help. What farmer fertilizes the branches?
In Jesus we are gra... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2011, 8:26 am
“‘Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and heal him.’ But the centurion replied, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.’ …And to the centurion Jesus sai... Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2011, 9:00 am
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16)
Every Christian has the Holy Spirit.
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? (1 Corinthians 6:19)
“Do you not know that you ar... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2011, 9:00 am
“By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love becaus... Comment - Like
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Sep 18, 2011, 1:22 am
“[Hezekiah] trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses.” (2 Kings ... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2011, 4:35 pm
If you are seeking God for direction, remember that He is much more interested in the conduct of your life than the course that you take. He will be with you wherever you go. Whatever school you choose to go to, the questions is: what kind of student will you be? Whichever girl or guy you marry, wha... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 9:00 am
“For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches. For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people” (Micah 1:8-9)
I will lament and wail
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Aug 31, 2011, 9:00 am
“Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it” (Micah 1:2)
Hear
Hear intelligently. Listen with understanding. Discern what is being said.
God is speaking, He is not silent.
” I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring o... Comment - Like
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Aug 27, 2011, 2:05 pm
“I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.” (Amos 7:14)
No prophet, no servant of God in any capacity, appoints himself. God does not collect resumes and choose the best candidate for a job based on prior experience. God chooses the weak, the ... Comment - Like
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Aug 15, 2011, 9:00 am
(This is a paraphrase of the book of Ruth that I wrote to read to my kids at bedtime. My intention was not to draw any morals or make any interpretations, but simply to make it easier for them to understand.)
CHAPTER 1
In the days before there were kings, when Israel was still being ruled by judge... Comment - Like
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Aug 10, 2011, 8:47 am
"For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me; you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge." (Psalm 31:3-4)
Your name’s sake
It is not for your sake that God is faithful to lead you. It is not based on anything you do, but... Comment - Like
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Aug 8, 2011, 9:00 am
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him... Comment - Like
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Aug 6, 2011, 9:00 am
“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?” (Psalms 42:1-2)
As a deer pants
It’s been said that there is a God-shaped hole in our hearts that only He can fill. It’s true–we h... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2011, 9:00 am
(This is a paraphrase of Psalm 107 I wrote for my kids to read to them at bedtime.)
Oh give thanks to the Lord because He is good. His love, which never changes, lasts forever! Let those whom He has set free say so, those whom He has set free from trouble and brought back from faraway lands.
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Aug 4, 2011, 7:48 pm
(This is a paraphrase of the book of Jonah that I wrote to read to my kids at bedtime. My intention was not to draw any morals or make any interpretations, but simply to make it easier for them to understand.)
CHAPTER 1
God told Jonah to go to a city called Nineveh and tell them that He knew about... Comment - Like
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Dec 23, 2010, 9:09 pm
“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14).
Heal me
Though Jeremiah preached repentance, he didn’t just rail at others, he recognized his own corruption and need for divine healing. He demonstrated the heart that God wa... Comment - Like
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Nov 30, 2010, 9:03 am
Isaiah 63:7
“I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.”
I will reco... Comment - Like
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Nov 26, 2010, 12:08 am
Isaiah 57:15
“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite’”
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Nov 18, 2010, 8:49 am
“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.” (Isaiah 51:6)
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Oct 7, 2010, 3:21 am
This blog has moved and been renamed. http://RecollectingTruth.blogspot.com
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Oct 2, 2010, 1:54 pm
1 Thessalonians 5:4-11
You are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, s... Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2010, 9:48 am
Psalms 115:3-8
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not wal... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 9:47 pm
Psalms 112:7-8
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
Not afraid of bad news
Bad news is inevitable. It is not a matter of if it comes but when. The one who fears the Lord (v.... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Proverbs 25:6-7
Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great, for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
Do not put yourself forward
It is better to be given the righteousness of Christ than to try t... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Proverbs 4:5-6
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Get wisdom
Solomon warns us consistently throughout the Proverbs to obtain wisdom. Though we are inclined to think o... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Psalm 69:4
Mighty are those who would destroy me.
Mighty
We are weak. Our enemies are strong. Without the Lord—if he were not on our side—we would be consumed.
Psalm 18:17; He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalm 142:6; Atten... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Psalm 68:27
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead
The least of them
Here we see a consistent principle of God’s word: the last becoming first, the least becoming greatest.
Matthew 19:29-30; And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or l... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions–is not from the Father but is from the world. And the worl... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
1 Kings 20:15, 29
“…He mustered all the people of Israel, seven thousand. …And the people of Israel struck down of the Syrians 100,000 foot soldiers in one day.”
The Lord makes it clear to us why He chose to work in such a miraculous way on behalf of Israel in this partic... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Matthew 1:21
“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
The news of Jesus’ birth came with the simplest of explanations of his mission: He will save his people from their sins.
He will
He has. As we celebrate Christ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Hebrews 13:20
“Our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep”
Great
Initially I assumed our English word for great would be inferior to the Greek word used in this text. I thought it would be something more descriptive like wonderful, magnificent, illustrious, awesome, clothed in grandeur. ... Comment - Like
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