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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...
I have a coworker who is dealing with ovarian cyst pain right now and I would appreciate your prayers for her.
I'm dealing with some hip pain and have not been able to run this week like I normally do.
We are all lifting up Dorian and the people in Florida in the path of this storm. Also for...
This is an interesting article about sleep apnea. I'm sure many people have it and don't even know it. I am using a cpap machine for my sleep apnea
"Untreated sleep apnea has been linked to high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, liver problems and possibly even dementia. Research has also...
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...
Who is your favorite preacher to listen to? Post a link to a sermon so the rest of us can hear it
I like Ray Stedman
https://www.raystedman.org/new-testament/ephesians
What was the last sermon about that you heard? It doesn't necessarily have to be from your home church
Acts 12:5 was the key verse in the sermon I heard
"Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him."
The sermon was about earnest...
I'm feeling kinda down today and thought about with all the problems in the world and just in general we all need a word of encouragement. So, this thread was created for us to post either scripture or some sort of word of encouragement for others on this forum. This isn't the thread to post...
John makes several statements in 1 John about who is truly walking with God.
1 John 1:8 "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." Then in verse 10 it says that this person makes God out to be a liar and the word has no place in us.
1 John 1:6-7 if we...
Acts 12:1-10 was the pastors scripture text today at the church I attended. It says
12 "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded...
I started using an insulin pump in June of this year. It has been an interesting transition and overall had better numbers. The one problem I seem to have is that I have trouble sometimes finding a good site to put the infusion set which is moved every three days. I have to change out the...
23 "Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."
How do you take up your cross and follow him on a daily basis?
"Dale Earnhardt Jr. is safe and in a hospital for evaluation after his plane crashed in east Tennessee, the NASCAR television analyst and retired driver's sister tweeted.
Earnhardt's sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted that the driver's wife, Amy, and 15-month-old daughter, Isla, also were...
Elizabeth Warren has become the second leading candidate among Democrats overtaking Bernie Sanders in the latest polls. Biden still is in the lead
"A new Fox News Poll finds Biden continues to lead the nomination race with the support of 31 percent of Democratic primary voters. Next is...
I was just wonder what your preference is when you travel whether to say at a bed and breakfast, motel/hotel chain, camping or RV or something else?
I don't often go anywhere but we have only stayed at a bed and breakfast I think two times in the last twenty years. One time it was for an...
this is an article in Time magainze written by Bill Clinton
"In one weekend, 31 people were murdered and dozens more injured in two mass shootings just hours apart in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The death toll may still grow. The shooters killed the young and old, men and women. In El...
James 3:1 is translated in this manner
In the NIV it says
"Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly."
IN the NASV it says
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a...
Luke 6:45 "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks."
This seems like a very revealing statement to me. That in some ways we can see...
Some pastors seem to go by what their denomination may recommend to preach on and other pastors preach through whole books of the Bible. Other pastors like the one I most hear from do series that can range from 3 to 6 or more sermons on a particular topic.
What do you prefer for your pastor...
What is your favorite verse in the Bible? I think mine is 1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
I think because it emphasizes the faithfulness of God to forgive us from all unrighteousness