I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me - Philippians 4:13
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:17) It’s been said that Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, once said “Comparison is the thief of
Read More11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. (Romans 13:11) I watched a show yesterday that said something that made me think. The main character was told the following: “You fell asleep. You gave
Read More23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23) We live in a time where security is important. Businesses, governments and homes put up security cameras, install locks and alarms as a precautionary method to protect their merchandise, countries and homes. We spend countless dollars protecting ourselves from those
Read MoreHe replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:18-20)
Read MoreNow the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa,
Read More22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Galatians 5:22-23) For the last 10 years or so, I have canned foods on and off. I’m not consistent with it, but when I decide to
Read More26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. (Ephesians 4:25-27) Over the last few weeks at both of our Breaking The Chains sites, our lessons have been geared towards anger and forgiveness. Both of these areas seem to be
Read More39 The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept. “We will not neglect the house of our God.” (Nehemiah 10:39) Nehemiah had a
Read MoreWhen the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord. (Hosea 1:2) In recovery, we have to acknowledge and take responsibility for the things we have done. Someone else
Read MoreBy faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. (Hebrews 11:7) When my daughter was small, I worked for the American Red Cross.
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