Today's reading is 2 Samuel 6 through 8. The following excerpt is from chapter 7. Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD? And what is my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in Thy sight, …
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Shook My Lap
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, "We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live." Also there were that said, "We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and …
GOD’S Faithful Servant
Thus saith the LORD, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? …
The Sacrifices Made
"And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations." Leviticus 17:7 (KJV) In the days of Israel becoming a great nation, their deliverance from Egypt, and their journey through the wilderness there were nations wherever …
Prayer Today 070517
"Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes …
The Way of the Foolish
"Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me? Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches, None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him— For the redemption of their souls …