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Verse of the Day – Proverbs 15:16 KJV
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than with great treasure and trouble therewith.
Are You Being Prepared?
Are You Being Prepared? From Our Daily Bread – July 15, 2017 Read: 1 Samuel 17:8, 32–37, 48–50 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 13–15; Acts 19:21–41 The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and . . . the bear will rescue me. 1 Samuel 17:37 I worked at a fast-food restaurant for over two years in high school. Some aspects of the job were difficult. Customers verbalized their anger while I apologized for the unwanted slice of cheese on the sandwich…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 18:10 KJV
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Face to Face
Face to Face July 14, 2017 Read: Exodus 33:7–14 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.—Exodus 33:11 Although the world is connected electronically like never before, nothing beats time together in person. As we share and laugh together, we can often sense—almost unconsciously—the other person’s emotions by watching their facial movements. Those who love each other, whether family or friends, like to share with each other face to face. We see this face-to-face relationship between…
Verse of the Day – Galatians 6:2 KJV
² Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Intimate Details
Intimate Details From Our Daily Bread – July 13, 2017 Read: Psalm 139:1–18 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.—Psalm 139:2 The universe is astonishingly grand. Right now the moon is spinning around us at nearly 2,300 miles an hour. Our Earth is spinning around the sun at 66,000 miles an hour. Our sun is one of 200 billion other stars and trillions more planets in our galaxy, and that galaxy is just…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 21:2 KJV
² Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Approaching God
Approaching God From Our Daily Bread – July 12, 2017 Read: Hebrews 4:14–16 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge.—Psalm 73:28 A woman desiring to pray grabbed an empty chair and knelt before it. In tears, she said, “My dear heavenly Father, please sit down here; you and I need to talk!” Then, looking directly at the vacant chair, she prayed. She demonstrated confidence in approaching the Lord; she imagined He was sitting on the…
Verse of the Day – 1 John 4:1 KJV
¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Giving in to Jesus
Giving in to Jesus From Our Daily Bread – July 11, 2017 Read: James 4:6–10 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.—Romans 6:11 They call it “The Devil’s Footprint.” It’s a foot-shaped impression in the granite on a hill beside a church in Ipswich, Massachusetts. According to local legend the “footprint” happened one fall day in 1740, when the evangelist George Whitefield preached so powerfully that the devil leaped from the church steeple,…
Verse of the Day – Ephesians 4:26-27 KJV
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the Devil.
Getting Away with It
Getting Away with It From Our Daily Bread – July 10, 2017 Read: Genesis 4:1–12 By faith Abel still speaks.—Hebrews 11:4 In June 2004, at a Vancouver art gallery, Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott received an Olympic gold medal. That’s interesting, because the Winter Olympics had been held in 2002—in Utah. Scott had won bronze behind two athletes who were disqualified months later when it was learned they had used banned substances. It’s good that Scott eventually received her gold, but…