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Faith Brings Trust, Trust Brings Peace
2021-08-30 13:15 Daniel 3:66-68. These are the ending verses of the praise Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael give to the Lord while being saved in the fiery furnace. These three, along with Daniel, were raised up in the ...
Pursue Wholesome Things
2021-08-29 15:49 Wisdom 1:12-15. Do not invite death into your life by the error of your ways. God did not make death and takes no pleasure in it. God created all things to exist, not to die or be destroyed. "The gene...
God Sends Each of Us the People We Need
2021-08-28 13:05 1 Samuel 16:11-13. Samuel has been sent to Jesse and his sons to anoint the new king of Israel. Samuel has seen all of Jesse's sons except David and, though they are tall and strong, God says no, ...
Help Often Comes from the Most Unexpected Places
2021-08-26 20:47 2 Maccabees 1:11-17. A short story praising God for delivering "judgment upon those who have behaved impiously." The army of Antiochus, a force that seems irresistible, makes a pit stop in Persia at t...
We're Losing Our Mojo (Actually, It's Being Taken From Us)
2021-08-25 11:57 Hosea 4:4-10. Through Hosea, God is chastising his people for once again falling into great sin. Because of it, the land and all creatures are languishing. But, God says, don't contend with or acc...
Priorities
2021-08-24 16:31 1 Timothy 6:9-12. Paul warns Timothy about the temptation of wealth. Those who desire to be rich open themselves to ruin and destruction "For the love of money is the root of all evils". Timothy shoul...
Be the Change!
2021-08-23 16:20 1 Maccabees 2:1-13. This is a lament of Mattathias, father of five sons, including Judas Maccabeus. Mattathius saw the blasphemies being committed in Judah and Jerusalem and laments that he is living ...
Step Out of Your Box
2021-08-22 11:10 Isaiah 54:8-10. God tells us that in overflowing wrath he hid his face from us for a moment, but he loves us with an everlasting love and will have compassion on us. He says this is like the days of N...
Yes, We're Tottering, But Don't Worry
2021-08-21 13:11 Psalm 75:1-8. God says he will act at the set time and will judge with equity. When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is God who steadies its pillars. He warns the boastful and the wicked...
The Glory of the Temple and the Church
2021-08-20 16:05 2 Chronicles 3:1-7. A description of the Temple as Solomon is building it. He begins in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. The measurements in cubits are given and a description of the ...