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Tagalog Bible Verses @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXikxP-xKQ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living...
View ArticleSee To It…
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. Colossians 2:8 This...
View ArticleHow Great is Our God!
As many others, I am spending the next couple of weeks praising God with my thanks…for Who He is to me and what He has done for me. I want to take several Psalms over these two weeks which speak for...
View ArticleDecrease – One Word 2021
I have not made resolutions for many years. I never kept them for long so gave that whole idea up. In 2007, I happened upon “One Word 365” and decided to pick one word that I could study in God’s...
View ArticleAbased and Content…Pondering Together
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be...
View ArticleHarmony
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was...
View ArticleThe Burden of this Cross
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. Matthew 16:24 ἀπαρνέομαι aparneomai to forget one’s self lose sight of one’s...
View ArticleGreen Wood or Dry Wood?
But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren...
View ArticleThe Word of the LORD came to me….
“Then the Word of the LORD came to me saying….” … to Abram, to Samuel, Nathan, Solomon, to Elijah, Isaiah, to Jeremiah, Ezekiel, to Jonah, Haggai, Zechariah, and to others. This phrase is repeated...
View ArticleRushing Mighty Wind
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself...
View ArticleSojourner
“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 גָּר ger properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner:—alien,...
View ArticleHeart Reflection
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. Proverbs 27:19 ESV Have you looked down into still water only to see yourself looking back? A physical appearance is what we see....
View ArticlePeculiar Treasure
In my younger and middle aged days, I ALWAYS wanted to fit in, not stand out. I wanted to be wanted. Have you ever felt this way? I did things that I should not have done so that I would fit in. I...
View ArticleThreshing Floor
גֹּרֶן goren from an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area:—a barn-, corn-, threshing- floor, a threshing-, void- place before the gates of a city...
View ArticleA Land Flowing with Milk and Honey
I recently wrote of ways a shepherd needs to care for his flock of sheep so that they would be content and enabled to lie down. One such way was assuring that his sheep had food. Pastures need to be...
View ArticleUnite My Heart, O LORD
Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. Psalm 86:11 יָחַד yachad to be (or become) one:—join, unite Reading this Psalm recently, the first word of the...
View ArticlePermission
“Mommy, please let me go to Suzie’s house to spend the night.” “Daddy, can I have this toy?” “Mr. Jones, I would like your permission to go on the field trip.” How often have you heard questions such...
View ArticleThirst – Sheep and Shepherds
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Psalm 23:2 “Water determines the vitality, strength, and vigor of the sheep and is essential to its health and general...
View ArticleCast Down — Sheep and Shepherds
שָׁחַח shachach to sink or depress:—bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, crouch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop If a sheep falls over, they have a very difficult time getting back up on...
View ArticleSheep and Shepherds
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 רָעָה ra`ah shepherd to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to...
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