(MSG) Malachi 1:2 God said, "I love you." You replied, "Really? How have you loved us?"
Wherein hast thou loved us? — In painful contrast to the tearful tenderness of God’s love stands their insolent challenge. The root of their sin was insensibility to God’s love, and to [...]
Archive for July, 2009
A “Conversation” for us all …
Posted in 1 on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
form a focus in which…
Posted in 1 on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A man’s body and a man’s mind form a focus in which a world is concentrated and drawn to a point.
- Austin Farber
False ideals:
Because one’s primary aim is to live eternally in the heavens, you only have enough leftover energies for taking care of “earthly concerns”. It is far better to take care [...]
As men do…
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Job 31:32-35 (NIV) but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler– if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of [...]
How can we ever doubt again?
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Romans 5:9-11 (ESV) Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we [...]
It is not about me…It is about Him…
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Psalm 73- The Problem of the Prosperity of the Wicked
“When I “saw” of the prosperity of the wicked”-
Psalms 73:2-3 (ESV) But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious [...]
Is anyone of us…
Posted in 1 on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 54 – A prayer for deliverance
Verse 3- For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves.
Strangers-Some Hebrew manuscripts render “insolent men”
Insolent- adjective- disrespectful- showing an aggressive lack of respect in speech or behavior.
· Ps. 36:1- Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in [...]
