Archive for June 2023
S187P3 – A good start: seeking these two
Mt. 6:31-33 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall…
Read MoreS187P2 – A good start: wide-eyed confidence
Heb. 3:12-15 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning…
Read MoreS187P1 – A good start: yielding to knowledge
Pro. 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Like every other teacher I ever had, I was supposed to learn something from him. He taught us history, which has never interested me, so I already started the class not caring much about the material. On…
Read MoreDecisions, decisions
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mf3cg-143792e When we yield to God’s will and take the steps He desires, events do not always unfold the way we expect. We might find ourselves on his ordained path wondering why things have turned out how the have. We might even question whether, given the choice again, we would make the same decision. If…
Read MoreS186P13 – A promise is a promise: we will know God
Jn. 17:1-3 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is…
Read MoreS186P12 – A promise is a promise: death shall not come
Jn. 11:25-26 Jesus said to [Martha], “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” His was a discontented life. A man who felt he never had enough and thought the…
Read MoreS186P11 – A promise is a promise: the faithful will be remembered
Rev. 3:5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. It was time once again for his annual products conference, so the shop owner left his son in…
Read MoreS186P10 – A promise is a promise: the untiring spirit
Isa. 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. She became interested in fitness only later in life after spending decades on the sidelines watching other people do what she…
Read MoreS186P9 – A promise is a promise: this home will be forgotten
Isa. 65:17-18 For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, and her people a joy. It was the only home he had ever known. …
Read MoreS186P8 – A promise is a promise: He will share more with us
Jn. 16:12-15 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things…
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