Many people spend much of their time trying to perform religious duties. Religious duties that help them feel as though they are doing something that really obligates God to bless them, or to save them. They may have it in their mind or heart; If I just help this neighbor build that fence, then God …
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Set Your Heart
Daniel was praying, fighting a spiritual battle. You will be able to see that as you read the tenth chapter of Daniel. He desired to understand what he had seen and heard concerning the visions and dreams. As this "man" appears to him he is weakened, and then strengthened. We hear the messenger call Daniel …
What God Has Said
In the book of Ezekiel and chapters 37 - 40 and following are writings of prophecy which have yet to happen. There is no portion of fulfillment. All are to be fulfilled at a later day in time. If you are fearful of the many of the events in our world. There is no need …
Why Will You Perish?
I hear people ask, "Why would a loving God send people to hell?" My answer has been, "He does not". Some who hear my answer and ask then, "Do you not preach that sinners go to hell?" or something along that order of thought. Of course I do believe in hell. I believe in hell …
The LORD’S Vengeance
"For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of …
Behold, The Days Come
"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. And the whole valley of the dead …
Know the Judgment of the LORD
"Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man …
There is No Other
"I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside Me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me: that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside Me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form …
Wells of Salvation
"And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise Thee: though Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my …
The Sun, The Wind, and The Water
"The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; …
Worth of Wickedness
Today's Reading: Proverbs 10 - 12 "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little …
Guilty, or Not Guilty
"If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope." Psalm 130:3-5 (KJV) Many a human Judge has hammered his/her gavel, and declared "Guilty" as a verdict …
Everlasting Mercy, Enduring Truth
"Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with …
When God Hears Our Prayer
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me." Psalm 66:18-20 (KJV) Have you ever noticed a time when it seems …
The Workers of Iniquity, and the Works of the LORD
"Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. Because they regard …
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