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“He got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.” John 13:4–5, NIV. The mood is somber; conversation is dismal, and the spiritual climate is changing. Jesus is aware that His time on earth is concluding and with death quickly approaching He, like anyone who knows they are about to die, imparts a few last life lessons to those who are closest to Him. Instead of relishing in…
We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 1 John 1:1, NLT. Our testimonies are powerful when we share them with…
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking scent, Ecclesiastes 10:1. I thought about how a fly in the ointment is a metaphor for unresolved issues in the life of a believer. A tiny, annoying fly can destroy precious and valuable ointment, just as a…
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“Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.” 2 Kings 23:25 Josiah was eight years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty one years. When he sends his court secretary on an errand, his life gets turned upside down. What should have been a simple task turned into despair for Josiah. The high priest discovers the book of law in the Lord’s temple. When Josiah heard…
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 How many times when we are facing a problem, do we try to work it out on our own? We forget that the Lord is always with us, and even though He knows what we are going through, He waits for us to approach Him. Often, we go to the Lord as a last resort when we cannot think of the right solution. But He desires for us to bring every care to Him and trust Him to give us…
“But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.” 1 Thessalonians 5:8 CEV Anyone else out there feel as though darkness is running rampant through our world right now? I need to remind myself often that I belong to the light, and that I do not need to fear what is happening around me. We are given instruction as to how to handle this season of chaos in many scriptures, one being the one above.…
“When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the LORD will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” (II Samuel 5:24, CSB) For two mornings now, a strange noise has filled my home. It was loud, seemed to come from the roof, and sounded ominous, even a little frightening. Was it an expensive repair waiting to happen? Then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped. I breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe my house was not self-destructing after all. A little while later,…
