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“Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.”
“My heart is set on keeping your decrees
to the very end.”
“Direct my footsteps according to your word;
let no sin rule over me.
Redeem me from human oppression,
that I may obey your precepts.
Make your face shine on your...
“Your hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding to learn your commands.”
“My soul faints with longing for your salvation,
but I have put my hope in your word.”
“If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.” (Psalms 119:73,81,92 NIV)
It is...
My experience of the Internet as a monk
I started using the Internet in 1999. I was fifty years old and was a little hesitant to start. However, it did not take long for me to understand that the computer was quite easy to navigate.
Being curious about other belief systems I started joining...
“To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus...
“May your unfailing love come to me, Lord,
your salvation, according to your promise;
then I can answer anyone who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
Never take your word of truth from my mouth,
for I have put my hope in your laws.
I will always obey your law,
for ever and...
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they...
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.” (Matthew 5:13 ESV)
Salt adds flavor to our food. Without it, food can taste bland or be tasteless...
“My soul clings to the dust;
give me life according to your word!
When I told of my ways, you answered me;
teach me your statutes!
Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to...
“For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalms 100:5 ESV)
When someone is completely faithful, he is trustworthy, loyal, reliable, and true. We can depend on him to do exactly what he said he would do, and to be precisely who...
2 “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the heart.
3 To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a...
I am reading in John 8:31-47. Jesus was speaking to some Jews who had apparently believed what he was teaching them. But from the context we will see that they did not believe to the point of surrendering their lives to him, and Jesus knew this about them, and so he told them, “If you abide in...
“Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all...
Conclusion.
`Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of your kingdom.` (Ps. 45: 6)
God is not the author of confusion; everything He does is ordered and controlled. The divine pattern of the heavenlies will survive time, into eternity.
`For by...
“Oh sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
The Lord has made known his salvation;
he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and...
The Kingdom of God in Eternity.
When the Lord Jesus Christ has put down all rule, authority, and power He will deliver up the kingdom rule to God the Father. Jesus had been carrying out the Father`s will and executing His judgments upon the rebellious.
Then when all that is finished then...
“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
For you save a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.
For it is you who...
The Kingdom of Heaven in Eternity.
This is the rule of (God in) heaven through the New Jerusalem. This was promised to the Old Testament saints – a heavenly city.
`These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them...