But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with …
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All Men Shall Fear, and Declare The Work Of God
The Bible reading for today is Psalms 61 through 65. By reading the word of God we learn to know God and His way and work. He is working in our midst, and He is drawing the sinner, the contrite and broken to Himself through the cross of His Son Jesus, His burial, and resurrection. …
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The LORD Is My Praise
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the …
The Contrite and the Humble
And shall say, "Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people." For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and …
The World, and Eternity
In today's reading Ecclesiastes 1 - 3 I chose the following verses. Up front, I would say this book is one that troubles me more than the others. It troubles me trying to figure out the mind of the writer - Solomon - yet I do see things too. Maybe it is because of my …
The Value of a Good Name
"A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow …
Lying Lips, Truth, and the LORD
"Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil. Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal truthfully are His delight." Proverbs 12:20-22 (NKJV)
Words From the Heart
"Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false …
The Abundance of the Heart
"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto …
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