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An Original Work / June 27, 2022 Tried and true, our Lord is King. He is Lord over everything. Pure and righteous, ne’er a fault, In Him there’s no reason to doubt. Sovereign over all our lives, He never puts on a disguise. Faithful in all that He does, We can rely on His pure love. Thinks He...

Hi! I just discovered this forum and found it respectful and interesting. I look forward to learning more from others here. I'm an LDS-Christian, or Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes nicknamed "Mormon." This year, I'm doing a deep dive study of the Old...

Hello everyone. I believe in God's loving kindness, but it's so hard to understand how loving He is. Please pray that I can better understand Christ's love for me. I have schizophrenia and this all gets so confusing, and I get scared often.

I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love John 1:1-3,14-18,29,34 ESV “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made...

I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love John 1:1-5 ESV “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and...

2 Corinthians 4:1-2 ESV “Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's...

When I read the "spirit of God" in the Old Testament it does seem similar in character to how the Holy Spirit is referred to in the New Testament, if a little subdued. How do you feel? Is it referrring to exactly the same spiritual "person"? Is there any difference between the Holy Spirit...

John 1:1-5 ESV “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the...

Isaiah 53:1-6 ESV “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should...

Isaiah 2:2-5 ESV “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: ‘Come, let...

Mark 11:15-17 NIV “On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple...

Christ is born! Merry Christmas to all here on OBOB! I truly hope that you are all having beautiful, restorative, and humbling celebrations of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ's glorious birth with members of your own families and communities at this time of year. May the light of the...

If Jesus is the reason for the season, then all that you do in celebration of him should be for his honor and praise. Your gatherings should be focused on him and on his word and on talking about the things of God and sharing the truths of the Scriptures with one another in encouraging one...

Summary John 13-15 It was the time of the Feast of the Passover. Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father. He washed his disciples feet. Judas departed to go betray Jesus. Jesus announced that he was soon to depart this world. Then Peter boldly declared...

As I was thinking of all that is happening in the world now, the old hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" came to mind. And I thought, there's not a better, more appropriate song to sing! So would you join me please, posting a line from the hymn, as we come together and ask God to please, please...

In New Testament times, the apostles Peter and John were instrumental of God in the healing of a man lame from birth. And the people were all filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to the man who was lame and now was healed. So, Peter seized this opportunity to talk with the crowd...

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” Prayer is a very vital aspect of...

Philippians 3:8-11 ESV “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own...

Oct 20, 2021 Good morning, y’all! Today I have this message on my mind and heart and hope to encourage you that every day is a new day–a fresh opportunity to seek and serve the Lord, to love and enjoy your family and others around you, and to work on being the person God has created you to be...