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"The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." (Jeremiah 31:3, NIV) [1] "Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for...
"And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream." (Numbers 12:6) "Who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? Who hath...
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7 NKJV) Whenever I think I have a handle on life, my dogs teach me a new lesson on life and living. Sandi is part collie part mutt, but all heart, she is quite simply put, my dog. She follows me...
"… What parent would give his son a rock when he asks for a piece of bread? Or … a dish of poison when he asks for food? … How much more will your Heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:9,10 GNB) Duchess, a basset hound mother, Jaques her...
In the 1953 movie, The Roman Holiday, Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour of European capitals. When she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted, regimented schedule. One night Anne decides to get 'out and...
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the tfountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:13 NKJV)[1] God is the fountain or spring of living water. Here in the mountains of...
"There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven." (Eccl. 3:1) The longer I live the more I realize just how precious a thing time is. Time is our most valuable resource. It is the one thing that we would all like to have more of. The...
In last week's lesson on faith from the Hebrews 11:31, we learned that faith sometimes requires that we go against family and friends, pastors and teachers; faith sometimes requires that we sit back and do nothing, or that we do something that seems silly and...
In last week's Lessons on Relationships from Solomon we learned that when we don't feel like God is there, that's when we become so focused on circumstance that we can't sense His presence. However, when things are the darkest and coldest in our lives, that's when...
If you read her story, Esther is presented as hesitant, as hiding her faith and her cultural identity for fear of personal backlash, and then as a self-centred coward.She pretended not to have a Jewish faith-culture because she would be disadvantaged in Babylon and...
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." (Jer 31:3) I feel I must share my story. It is so amazing how every day of our lives the Lord's teaches us new lessons and also allows us to be a light house for Jesus. One...
"I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love" (Revelation 2:4)One of the saddest things that can happen to anyone is to lose our love. When love is lost in a family, when the passion of love dies, the family begins to disintegrate. When love...
"The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a man. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel! Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at...