Tag: faith
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(2′) Prayer’s Expectant Eyes ~ Part 1
~ I find Psalm 5:3 to be interesting because it is not simply about praying, but it is also about how we are to watch and wait subsequent to praying. “In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly” (Psalm 5:3, NIV). O Yahweh, in the morning,…
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(1′) The Final Word Is Profit
~ In the above verse, when Isaiah uses the word profit, he is not speaking in a business sense. That is to say, he is not discussing say net profit or ROI. ~ What Isaiah is talking about is something much larger and deeper. He is talking about flourishing and this in many ways such…
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(17) Water Under the Bridge (B)
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll…
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(10) Taking From the Lord vs. Receiving From the World ~ Jacob’s All-Nighter
“So Jacob was left alone, and a Man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the Man saw that He could not overpower him, He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the Man. Then the Man said, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob…
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(6) The Most Interrupted Man in the World
~ Jesus was frequently interrupted—and He didn’t seem to mind. And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged Him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was…
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(3) Those Who Trust in the Lord – Psalm 125
“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zionwhich cannot be shaken but endures forever”(Psalm 125:1). Psalm 125 mentions a remarkable mountain – Mount Zion. It is not one of the many familiar mountains mentioned so often in the Bible like Mount Sinai or Mount Hermon or Gerizim, Carmel, Hor, etc. Nor is it…
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(2) Prayer is the Best Form of Time Management
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” ~ Psm 90:12 ~ I am trying to process time in the Bible, and the thought once again is that: Prayer is the best form of time management that there is. Its better than the calendar, the clock, the phone, some…
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(1) Dew Drop Blessings ~ Psalm 133
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the good oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there,…
The Dew and the Rain 