1 Samuel 17:36 (NKJV) “Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” For as long as I can remember, one of my prayers has been “Lord, if I’m going to come to a time where […]
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Ezekiel 9:4 (NIV®) “…Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.” When is the last time you were grieved over something? Usually we think of grieving as the emotion we feel when we have
Hebrews 10:25 (NIV®) “not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Not everyone who goes to a baseball game is a participant. Not everyone who plays, hits a home run every time they’re up to
Luke 20:7 (NIV®) “So they answered, ‘We don’t know where it was from.’” The account that includes this verse describes Christ teaching in the temple every day and a large number of people coming to listen to Him. In the midst of those people were the religious leaders. No doubt they knew many of those
Luke:22:34 (NIV®) “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.’” I am sympathetic toward Peter. He had spent years with Jesus and had grown to love Him. He knew that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God (Matthew 16:16). Now that Jesus