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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Learn to EndureYou are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...
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(below, I refer to earnest prayers from the hearts of honest saints)
God’s answer is “Yes”, yes to His will,
Even if we send Him erroneous news.
He knows our hearts, of the pilgrim sort
And thankfully edits our journalistic quotes,
For try as we may, the objective eludes,
Seeing as through a...
(for when celebrating the first coming of Messiah Jesus)
One still small voice, from paper, leapt
Into action, brought life to a dead spirit.
“For God so loved”--how could it be?*
A flicker of hope within self, to all around.
Really, so personal? Can such goodness endure?
But those thoughts...
Written after reading Luke 2:8-20, about the birth of Messiah (“the Christ”) Jesus.
I imagined a hymn tune for it.
While shepherds fires dispersed the wolves,
The heavens opened sky,
Then angels sang, explained the spark
That brightened human eyes.
They told of how a babe was born,
Which bade...
(After viewing the leaf-strewn, wooded area in the back yard, a day after Thanksgiving)
Near woods, unashamed,
Regal trees above downed leaves,
Years-old timber down.
Too early to dream?
Not to those who know green comes
As sure as frost came.
John’s new Heaven,^ near:
The fallenness shouts...
(After viewing the leaf-strewn, wooded area in the back yard, a day after Thanksgiving)
Near woods, unashamed,
Regal trees over downed leaves,
Years-old timber down.
Too early to dream?
Not to those who know green comes
As sure as frost came.
John’s new Heaven^, near:
The fallenness shouts...
1 John 4:19 (NKJV)
We loved Him because He first loved us.
Jude 1:1-2 (ESV)
1…to those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Jude 1:21 (ESV)
…keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord...
(suggestion: read Hebrews 4, which is about entering into God's Sabbath rest)
Let me rest from all considerations
Which come knocking on the door of peace.
Sabbath Day reflects emancipation
From the cares this world may bring.
Breaking bread, op’ning the Word
With the Brethren, and family...
Judges 7:4-7 (NKJV - bold text is mine)
4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to...
A Gospel song, written after reading these Scripture passages this morning...
2 Timothy 2:10 “ I endure everything for the sake of God’s chosen” (The Voice)
2 Timothy 2:15 “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of...
(all Scriptures cited in this matrix are from the NKJV; the bold, underlining
and italicizing are mine)
Psalm 34:1-2
(1) I will bless Adonai at all times;
his praise will always be in my mouth.
(2) When I boast, it will be about Adonai;
the humble will hear of it and be glad. (CJB)
Are there styles of music in the church that make us wary? How about the mannerisms of some as they praise or sing...
A stranger’s wonder
at the shame of Jeshurun,*
bare stare at the Cross.
At a Friend’s stretched arms,
Wracked hands that once clapped with joy.
Convulsions from pain. (1)
At a brother’s brow,
Blood and carpenter’s sweat mix.
Father, Joseph, spared.** (2)
Feet like his mother’s,
Once swaddled...
Lord, “all things are your servants”. ^
Brethren, “all things are yours”! ^^
The above borrows from the two footnoted Scripture references.
The beauty of looking at these verses is that whereas in Psalms creation is described as serving God’s purposes, the Corinthians reference describes all...
Love is a brave thing,
unconditional in sway,^
inflexibly pure.
Warrior-like, love defends
to bring a peace in all things,
takes on hurt, harms not.
We may hesitate,
balk at swift, dark tides.*
We admit and thrive.
Unlovingness flees
when we show mercy by faith,
when dreams of calm wait.**...
When we read Revelation 2:4, we should ask, "What does it mean to leave our first love?" Tying Revelation 2:4 to Ephesians 3:14 gives us some clues:
love = bold text
our ongoing reverence and repentant hearts = italicized text
remembrance of the heights to which the love of Christ has taken us...
What a merciful Author,
Our names are written in The Book!
By faith we see the red receipt,
“Jesus paid it full”.
Some transactions are just rumored,
Others vague by age,
But this one is historical,
Touches us today.
In the Book, (2x)
In the Book, (2x)
Penned before earth’s foundation,
At...
For the bold texts below, I insert what the Interlinear reflects, instead of their English renderings. The NKJV English translations, to which we are accustomed, are "rooms" in Psalm 91 and "dwelling place" in John 14:2. Looking at the Interlinear definitions side-by-side, one sees that the...
I am not exaggerating when I say that I am undergoing a shaking.
I am one of a group lay folk who each give a Bible study to Spanish speakers. My presentation is more like a sermon. I have, in a sense, felt pruned in preparing for these. I have been writing and writing my words. For many...
(...thinking about the New Jerusalem at the End of the Age)
Psalm 87:1-3 (NKJV)
1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God! Selah
Glorious things are spoken of you,
O...