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It isn't because the Israelites were more faithful that they were led out of slavery in Egypt. One thing you notice early on in the Exodus story is that the Israelites grumbled often at Moses and Aaron. As early as Exodus 14:11-12 the people say things like "Was it because there were no graves...

I have been listening the last several weeks to Ray Stedman's sermon series on Revelations https://www.raystedman.org/new-testament/revelation I think it is interesting how he says that these 7 churches mentioned in Revelations represent both 7 types of churches that exist in the church and also...

"Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot...

I am reading through the book of Judges right now. It is always amazing to me when I read it what a bloody book it is with lots of death and war and bad decisions. The book records a judge by the name of Jephthat who lived before Samson in Judges 11. He makes a vow that the whatever comes out...

I am reading Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby and Claude King and they said something on page 76 that I don't think I have heard before and wanted to share with you. they quote 1 Corinthians 12:7 "A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person to produce what is beneficial." The author...

Galatians 5:22-23 says 22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." Paul said that these things are evidence of fruit of the Spirit, yet unbelievers can sometimes display...

4 "You adulterous people,don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us...

18 "This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed...

23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them...

This is an interesting article by a friend Mary Fairchild about essential for spiritual growth. If you wrote this article is there anything else you would include? In the short video at the end of the article the pastor talks about giving our lives away to others...

This parable of the mustard seed is told in Mark 4:30-32 also in Mt 13:31 and Luke 13:18 Pastor J. Vernon McGee when talking about this passage mentioned that the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven are not the same thing. The kingdom of God is the more inclusive term including in it the...

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds...

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by...

this article is from the NASA web site "The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely (greater than 95 percent probability) to be the result of human activity since the mid-20th century and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over decades...

12 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be...

19 "We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also...

I was reading a book by Brennan Manning and he talked about being aware of the riseness and presence of Christ. What he meant by that is that as a risen Lord and Savior he is not in the tomb. And as a believer he has promised to be with us and his spirit dwells within us. So, as a believer I...

The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here. 8 “‘Listen, High Priest...

Below is quote from Abba's Child by Brennan Manning "the sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency. Richard Foster wrote, "Today the heart of God is an open wound of love. He aches over our distance...

I heard a sermon today online regarding Eccl 8:16-9:10. The two verses in chapter 8 are: 16 "When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth—people getting no sleep day or night— 17 then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under...