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“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Matthew 6:6, NKJV) I enjoy eating out—a night free from cooking and a time to relax with friends! Often there will be several of us together, and conversations just swirl around the table. One person might be relating a happening at work to another. Across the table, someone else shares a funny story with the one beside her. I hear snatches of conversations around…
“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:7). Have you ever noticed how differently children and adults react to rain? We grumble as we hunt our umbrellas and then allow the grayness of the day to…
By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life. (I Timothy 6:19, NLT) I have a few family keepsakes that I treasure. They have little to no monetary value, but they do hold sentimental value.…
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Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria’ . . . Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. (Isaiah 37:10, 14, ESV) Hezekiah, king of Judah, was one of the “good kings.” Second Chronicles 31: 20 says “he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God”…
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly” (Mark 8:22-25). Physical sight is a precious gift we…
In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation. (II Corinthians 6:2, NKJV) I once read a fable of three apprentice devils who were being sent to earth to finish their apprenticeship. Each explained his tactic to Satan on how he planned to tempt and ruin humanity. The first said, “I will tell them there is no God.” But Satan replied, “That won’t delude many. They know there is a God.” The second one said, “I will tell…
Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:36–40, NIV. Isn’t it ironic that the two greatest commandments are not found in Exodus 20? However, these two great commandments that Jesus declares encapsulate the 10 Commandments. The first four laws given in Exodus 20 are to strengthen our relationship with God and…
