Mark 7:14-23 says: 14 And he (Jesus) called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when
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Matthew 7:1-5 says: “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own
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Isaiah 61:3 — …and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. Ashes on the head, in the Old Testament, are the eternal sign of repentance
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Luke 15:17-19: But when he came to himself, he said, “How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father I have sinned against Heaven and before you. I am no longer
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Teachable moments are all the rage today, at least the concept is. Chiding, rebuking, and the opportunity to correct are en vogue. One wonders if it has ever gone out of style. The Adrian Peterson controversy that continues to dominate the airwaves gives a face to correction and a cause to advocate for or against.
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Isaiah 45:19 — I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right. The world thinks that the Lord keeps to Himself. The world thinks that the Lord doesn’t reveal
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Ecclesiastes 9:10 says: Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in the grave, to which you are going. It would seem that there is something special to which we should pay attention concerning work in this life. The question
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 1 Samuel 14:6-7: Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.” And his armor-bearer said
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Ruth said these words to Naomi in Ruth chapter 1: Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. At the time
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Monday, August 11, 2014 Hugh Laurie, who played the main character on the show House, MD, said these words: Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by
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Did God at one time allow unbelievers into Heaven? Acts 17 says: 29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere
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Sometimes you know adversity is coming; many times you don’t. Does it make it easier to deal with if you know it’s coming, or is that just more time to worry, agonize, and plan a way out of having to deal with it? Proverbs 24:10 says: If you faint in the day of adversity, your
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How do you think Mary felt to have other people invite other people to peek in on her family right after she gave birth? Luke 2 says: 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened,
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