Acts20:35’It is more blessed to give than to receive’I have quoted this scripture for years, without giving much thought to it.Well, it sure means what it says. Its a bigger blessing when you give than when you get. In plain English, this means I’m more blessed when I give out $10 million than when i receive
Read MoreExodus 2:1-10Daniel 11:32b ‘. . . but the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits’.Moses was born at an interesting time. The Pharoah at the time of His birth threatened by the success of the Isrealites in Egypt, had ordered that all male Hebrew children be killed as soon as they
Read MoreJohn 15:14-16Amos 3:3 The Almighty does nothing without first revealing it to His servants, the prophets.I don’t know where and at what point some Christians pick up the notion of God as this big Guy, who dwells in a fuzzy dark place, above and inaccessible, One we don’t understand and cannot fathom.I remember at some
Read MoreMatthew 4:23’And Jesus went about all Galilee . . . healing every disease, every weakness and every infirmity. . .’Boy, am i glad that there was no sickness too grave or no disease too strong for Jesus to heal. I am comforted that my Lord was able to heal them all!Today, I’m even more assured
Read MoreRomans 8: 28’And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.’I can easily rephrase this to say: all things work together for good to those who walk in obedience( for if you love God, you’ll obey His commandments)’, and
Read MoreProverbs 22:12’The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the unfaithful’.The Bible says that says the Lord gives wisdom, and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding ( Proverbs 4:2). God is neither careless nor flippant. He never says what He doesn’t mean, and
Read MoreProverbs 22:11‘He who loves purity of heart and has grace on his lips, the King will be his friend.Gracious means marked by courtesy, kindness, charm, pleasant, merciful, benignant, beauty.There’s so much more to your mouth!!! Your mouth can bring you kings (and the King of kings) as your friends. If your words are are gracious
Read More1John 5: 14-15 (Amplified)’….and this is the confidence, full assurance, privilege of boldness that we have in Him. We are sure that if we ask anything(make any request) according to His will, in agreement with His own plans, He hears and listens to us. And since we know that He hears and listens to us
Read MoreMathew 4: 12-17It really is amazing to see how every bit and detail of Jesus’ earthly life was planned by God. He’d even foretold 100 years earlier where Jesus would live. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.God knows and has already planned every detail of our lives, long before we showed up. Why spend
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