Archive for January 2023
S169P3 – Signs of a king: legacies left and followed
2Kgs. 22:1-2 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did…
Read MoreS169P2 – Signs of a king: always kingly
1Sam. 22:1-2 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became…
Read MoreS169P1 – The signs of a king: wisdom
1Kgs. 3:24-28 And [Solomon] said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king. And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.” Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her…
Read MoreS168P6 – Fragrant offerings: the repentant return
Ezk. 20:39-42 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols. For on my holy mountain, the mountain height…
Read MoreThe richest people in history
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tnvp8-13508d9 We come before God with filthy rags, poor and dirty. He gives everything so that we can gain everything, and then He rewards us for the work He himself has done through us. He does it all, then He gives us eternal reward in return. How rich we are!
Read MoreNew beginnings
Some see the first day of a new year as nothing special. To them, it is just another Sunday or another Tuesday. The life they led before that day does not change simply because the clock has struck twelve. For others, the new year brings hope for a positive difference. Whatever problems or issues they…
Read MoreS168P5 – Fragrant offerings: a crumb and a cloak
Phi. 4:16-20 Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice…
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