My pastor gave an impromptu sermon yesterday (& he did not follow his YouVersion notes at all!) which was surprisingly good.
So I am still meditating on book one of Samuel & I noticed his first (of many) political farewell to the people of…
Image: Samuel Dedicated by Hannah at the Temple by Frank W.W. Topham (public domain)
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Read this passage from Apostle Paul in Colossians & these words (emphasized in…
Not sure who wrote this Psalm (King David, Moses, Asaph or perhaps Solomon‽) but it reflects how I should approach God as I journey through life.
A Psalm of praise.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
These are perhaps my favorite verses in the New Testament (which Christ references from the First Testament) about God & humanity.
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
When faced with death by water or death by fire, choose life instead.
I have read this verse hundreds of times in my short life but never realized that Christ never asked his disciples to not judge – but rather to meet the standard of their judgment.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Apparently God will grant the requests of prayers we do not need…but there is a catch.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Romancing the glorious past is apparently a vanity according to King Solomon…