…Your Breath in His Hand…

"...But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised …

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Desiring No One’s Wealth

"Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the …

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The Most Holy Place

Today's Reading:  Exodus 26 - 28 "And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets …

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120811 He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver

"Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come,' saith the LORD of hosts.  'But who may abide the day of His coming? and …

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120711 I will bring the third part through the fire

"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man that is My Fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn Mine hand upon the little ones.  And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein …

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112211 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt

"When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.  And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, 'Let the men …

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111211 …The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure

"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.    Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone …

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091711 He made the pillars thereof of silver

"Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?  Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.  They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon …

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090711 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!

"How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!  The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.  Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.  Better it is to be of …

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090211 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD

"My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; …

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082411 Unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake

"Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake.  Wherefore should the heathen say, 'Where is now their God?'  But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased.  Their idols are silver and gold, the work of …

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061711 …Because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God

"He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the …

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010411 …Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first…

"And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.  And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there …

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