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"And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and He stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,...
It was the Summer of my 16th year. I was 2000 miles away from home and my heart was aching. I had traveled from the mountains of West Virginia to the great plains of Iowa. I was with a group of boys touring a Seminary college. When the trip had first started I was...
“And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.” (Isaiah 61:4 KJV). Dearly beloved and friends,it is God’s plan for us to build and inhabit places.Our...
“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.” (Job 38:4 KJV). Dearly beloved and friends, many a times we feel we can maneuver God in the way we raise arguments with Him or even “package” our prayers and...
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5 KJV) "And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you." (Psalm 9:10 KJV)I found the following on Facebook. Yes,...
"Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression." (Psalm 19:12-13 ESV) Hidden faults. We all...
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the...
"For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights." (Psalms 18:31-33 NIV)Along the trails where I...
With English being my native language, I am tempted to think I have the world conquered. I mean with English, you can go pretty much anywhere, right? And when I do have problems understanding, it isn’t my fault, right? It must be the fault of the speaker!The other day...
"On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with His disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, 'They have no wine.' And Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does...
"And the devil took Him [Jesus] up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to Him, 'To You I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If You, then, will worship me,...
"For we take thought beforehand and aim to be honest and absolutely above suspicion, not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men." (2 Corinthians 8:21 AMPC)I remember my first job interview for a post in the bank. The interviewer looked at me and...
"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you." (John 15:7 ESV)"Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear." (Isaiah 65:24 ESV)I love this song. The way the Gaither Vocal Band does it is...