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“This sentence doesn’t make no sense.” A double negative is a sentence or clause using two negative words. The rules say that double negatives are not grammatically correct and should be avoided … when using standard English. In some languages, however, like Spanish, double or triple negatives are allowed and seen as emphasizing (rather than contradicting) each other. But, in (standard) English they’re a big no-no because they’re confusing; double negatives cancel each other out and make a positive. So, using a double negative ends up conveying the exact opposite of what you mean. When you say, “I can’t do nothing right!”…
In the last devotion, I told how, as a young girl, I loved to be free to “explore” our big empty church building when my mother would go there to prepare music for the Sunday service. How I loved that place! It felt like “home” to me—only more exciting! I…
When I was small, my mother would go to the church on off-days to practice music or prepare songs for our Junior Choir. She’d bring me along and let me wander the big empty church building as she did her work. Our church was a vast, exciting adventureland to a…
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“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” Hebrews 11:17-19 What joy there was when Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah. The long years of waiting had been worth it all and now God had kept His promise. They watched him grow into a toddler and eventually a teenager.…
I grew up in Missouri, USA, where our state motto is “Show Me.” Often when people tell us something, we Missourians will joke, “Show me!” In other words, we want proof that it’s true. I like proof; I like having an assurance that things are going to be fine. I’d love for God to give me clear evidence that things are going to be alright, wouldn’t you? It would be much more comfortable. He doesn’t often work that way, though. Even when Jesus lived and walked among us, He spoke to the multitudes in parables “so that ‘seeing they may…
And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation. Hebrews 5:9 Because Jesus was perfect and without sin, I oftentimes forget that He did not live a perfect life. There was nothing perfect about His low income home, the betrayal of His family, the unfaithfulness of His friends, being sentenced to a disgraceful execution, and enduring excruciating pain as He was whipped and then nailed to a cross. His life was far from perfect. Jesus, a perfect God, lived an imperfect life. Thinking about Jesus’ victories, friendships, heartache, pain, and joy,…
Romans 2:7 “He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.” I have two young children, and as a parent I carry a huge responsibility and burden for raising them in this day and age. It seems like anything that is moral is being torn apart and reduced to ashes by people who want to live their own life, their own way. People are fuelled by hate and anger. Sin is running rampant. I am so thankful though for the hope of eternity. I absolutely cannot…
