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He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 ESV But when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Matthew 13:6 ESV...
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.Matthew 5:48 NRSV For all of us make many mistakes. James 3:2a NRSV My grandfather had many admirable traits and a few that made life a bit difficult for his rambunctious grandkids. Grampy was a perfectionist....
“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: And the light shall shine upon thy ways.” (Job 22:28 KJV). Dearly beloved and friends,it is time for you to command that recurring problem to get out of the way and leave you alone.The devil...
“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;” (2 Corinthians 3:5 KJV). Dearly beloved and friends,are you confused about situations around you today? Don’t let your heart be troubled, just relax in...
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 ESV For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among...
God will move your mountains. Just believe!
"And He [Jesus] came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who...
"And He [Jesus] lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said, 'Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.'" (Luke 6:20 ESV) This devotion pairs with this weekend's Lutheran Hour sermon, which can be found at lutheranhour.org.What follows, in this...
"Rejoice, my heart, be glad and sing, A cheerful trust maintain; For God the source of ev'rything, Your portion shall remain.His wisdom never plans in vain, Nor falters nor mistakes. All that His counsels may ordain, A blessed ending makes."Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad...
"He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the people of Israel. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love." (Psalms 103:7-8 ESV)God made His ways known to Moses and to Israel, but what are His ways? According to the psalmist,...
"But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain....
"The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God...
Inspired by a recent viewing of the Christian movie, "War Room", my husband and I have set up a "war room" of our own. Not in a closet, as portrayed in the movie, for our 1950s home doesn't have walk-in closets! But we figured God didn't care what room we used in our...