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If someone would like to compare me to an animal, I wouldn’t mind to be compared to a lion. They are strong, beautiful and they do sleep a lot (something I don’t have the luxury to do!) I wouldn’t mind being compared to an eagle, either, as they are majestic and...
Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." (John 21:15) The great commission: Feed My lambs! Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? Yet how much feeding actually happens with most Christians? How many Christians feel they have the resources, the time, the energy,...
"Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her...
It's that time of the year again, when Christians are preparing for the celebration of Christ's birth. A popular custom among many Christians is Advent, a time of preparation leading up to Christmas, and also symbolizing how we wait for Christ's Second Coming. ...
"Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock."...
In Matthews 12: 31-32 says that every blasphemy will be forgiven men but the blasphemy against the spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man it will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven...
1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all...
Matt. 4:1-12 1. Problem - Solver - He was tempted by the devil. (Mt. 4:1) 2. Praise - Director - Worship the Lord, your God (Mt. 4:10) 3. Provider - My God will supply all your needs (Phil. 4:19) 4. Purpose Giver - From Him,...
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13) My earthly father, J.W. Russell, was raised on a farm in Gilbert, Arizona close to Phoenix. I recall his...
“The LORD said to Moses, ‘Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle. They are to take care of all the...
"Blessed be the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those who are in trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." (2 Cor. 1: 3-4) What a marvelous title, God of all comfort! During our...
I attended a high school basketball game, near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. One team was from Kentucky and the other from Tennessee. Well, don't you know, they were about to jump center and start the game? The Kentucky boy asked, "Ref, don't you think we ought...
“Then Jesus told them, ‘This very night you will all fall away on account of me . . .’ Peter replied, ‘Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will . . . Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the other disciples said the...