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Archive for August, 2012
Day 128 | Read the Bible in a Year
read the bible in a year: day 128 Acts 18
1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2 And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them; 3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers. 4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the More >
Day 128 | Read the Bible in a Year
read the bible in a year: day 128 Acts 18
1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2 And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them; 3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers. 4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the More >
Untangling from the World
In Matthew 3:1-2, in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in thewilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
It is amazing how many books outside of the Bible have been written on how to effectively preach the Gospel. In this politically correct society we now live in, it is almost impossible to speak. Apparently John the baptist did not read any of these books. He did not have any trouble speaking his mind and God’s truth. Society may have deemed him as a failure or a hater, but Jesus said John was the greatest among men. John had a very simple More >
Thought for the morning of Fri August 31, 2012
In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone! There is no getting at our God sometimes because of the multitude of our friends; but when a man is so poor, More >
Thought for the morning of Sun May 8, 2011
Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, he was delightfully sensible of a change. Even so the sinner who has for weeks and months been paralysed with despair, and has wearily sighed for salvation, is very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to More >
Day 127 | Read the Bible in a Year
read the bible in a year: day 127 Acts 17:16-34
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. 17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. 18 And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: More >
Being Led By God
In Matthew 2:22-23, when Joseph heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warnedby God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
As Joseph was continually obedient to God, God continually fulfilled prophecy pertaining to the Messiah through Joseph and his family. Some people argue that Jesus fulfilled prophecies because He knew what needed to be fulfilled. How can a person knowingly or forcibly fulfill prophecy before being born or as a More >
Thought for the morning of Thu August 30, 2012
It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity when the most willing spirit, anxiously desirous to serve the Lord, knows not what part to take. Then what shall it do? Vex itself by despair? Fly back in cowardice, turn to the right hand in fear, or rush forward in presumption? No, but simply wait. Wait in prayer, however. Call upon God, and spread the case before More >
Thought for the morning of Sat May 7, 2011
What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we read not that he was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What a singular variety of evils must have met at his feet! What sickening ulcers and putrefying sores! Yet he was ready for every new shape of the monster evil, and was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly from what quarter it might, he quenched its fiery power. The heat of fever, or the cold of dropsy; the lethargy of palsy, or the rage of madness; the More >
The Gospel of Matthew (P1)
We are beginning a journey through one of the dearest writings in the Bible … the gospel of Matthew. It tells the story of Jesus. It portrays Jesus as the King. In the United States, we don’t know what it is like to live under a king. That fact will force us to stretch as we try and understand the dynamics of king and kingdom and servant to the king. But we will stretch! Because, truly, our Lord is King Jesus. And if you are a believer, if you have placed your faith in this King, you are a citizen of More >
