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BIBLE PASSAGE: “A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.” Proverbs 15:13 MEDITATION: What’s another word for a cheerful countenance? It’s a smile, isn’t it? Someone said the following about a smile: It costs nothing, but creates a lot of good. It enriches those who receive it without impoverishing those who … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.” (1 Timothy 6:6-8) MEDITATION: The scriptures give us valuable instructions about the dangers of having the wrong focus … Continue reading
ARE YOU AN ENCOURAGER OR DISCOURAGER? BIBLE PASSAGE: Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here? Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them? (Numbers 32:6-7) MEDITATION: “Looking out for number one” is an old saying, … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They triumphed over … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.” (Numbers 30:2) MEDITATION: Today a Christian is not under the responsibility to fulfill the ceremonial law, but we are still under God’s … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” (Mark 10:38) MEDITATION: A phrase in an old cartoon was, “We have met the enemy and he is … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.” (Deuteronomy 16:17) MEDITATION: When the subject of “giving” (in particular “tithing”) is mentioned, there are some typical reactions. The negative, or greedy person says, “The church is always asking for money” and … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” (Mark 13:37) MEDITATION: A lot of people hate deadlines; deadlines are either bad or good. They can cause us to panic, or they can help us to plan. At the beginning of a semester, students are given a variety of deadlines. Some students … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself!Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:20) MEDITATION: The scriptures tell us that one of the things which will disqualify us from Heaven is ‘a righteousness that does not exceed … Continue reading
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