Bible Verses: Matthew 6:19-34Matthew 5:6John 4:1-14John 6:35Psalms 36:8Isaiah 55:1
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For Reading and Meditation: Philippians 2:5-11
We continue meditating on the importance of learning to think spiritually. It is sometimes interesting to listen to Christians discussing together both earthly and heavenly issues. Take politics, for example. When involved in a discussion on this subject, many Christians seem to put their Christianity on one side...
Bible Verses: Philippians 2:5-11Luke 22:42James 1:1-8Matthew 6:221 Corinthians 2:16
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Our God is a jealous God. He requires the devotion of the heart, the consecration of all the powers, and we cannot enjoy religion without these. Persons who try to unite God and the world, the service of sin and the service of God, cannot be happy. We must be decided.
Well, who is to be God TODAY? Who is to have the heart, the talents, the affections, TODAY? Is gain, carnal pleasure, or worldly company, to be the idol to-day? Or, is Jesus to have the thoughts, the desires, and the...
Bible Verses: Matthew 6:24
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God's people are doubly his children, they are his offspring by creation, and they are his sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call him, "Our Father which art in heaven." Father! Oh, what precious word is that. Here is authority: "If I be a Father, where is mine honour?" If ye be sons, where is your obedience? Here is affection mingled with authority; an authority which does not provoke rebellion; an obedience demanded which is most cheerfully rendered-which would not...
Bible Verses: Matthew 6:26
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The Bible is full of paradoxes, that is, truths that seem contrary to what we would normally suppose or truths that seem to contradict one another. G. K. Chesterton maintained that paradox is truth standing on its head to attract attention. Here are a few of the paradoxes trying to attract our attention.
We save our lives by losing them; we lose our lives by loving them (Mark 8:35).
We are strong when we are weak (
Bible Verses: 2 Corinthians 6:9Mark 8:352 Corinthians 12:10John 15:5Romans 6:17-20Acts 20:35Proverbs 11:241 John 3:91 John 1:8Genesis 32:24-281 Peter 5:5Psalms 4:1Jeremiah 48:112 Corinthians 6:101 Corinthians 1:20-21Matthew 6:19
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The Bible is fairly full of tokens of God's marvelous care for His people. During Israel's forty-year trek through the wilderness, they ate food from heaven (Exodus 16:4), had an unfailing supply of water (1 Corinthians 10:4), and were equipped with shoes that never wore out (Deuteronomy 29:5).
It is the same in our wilderness journey. To prove this,...
Bible Verses: 1 Peter 5:7Exodus 16:41 Corinthians 10:4Deuteronomy 29:5Matthew 6:26Matthew 10:29Matthew 10:31Matthew 6:301 Corinthians 9:9Exodus 28:9-12Exodus 28:15-21Isaiah 49:16Matthew 10:30Psalms 56:8Zechariah 2:8Isaiah 54:17Isaiah 46:7Isaiah 46:4Isaiah 43:2Isaiah 63:9Psalms 121:3-4John 10:11Psalms 84:11Romans 8:32Deuteronomy 11:12Isaiah 46:4Hebrews 13:5
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Bible Verses: Mark 4:26-32Matthew 6:28-30John 12:24Mark 4:30-32
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The Christian life is very simple - if only we understand it. It has only one principle - single-hearted devotion to Christ. Paul stated this principle when he said, "To me to live is Christ" (Philippians 1:21) Jesus states it here also when He says, "Seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness."
In our present passage, we have a whole scheme of life.
To begin...
Bible Verses: Matthew 6:19-34Philippians 1:21Philippians 4:6-7
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The Christian life is very simple - if only we understand it. It has only one principle - single-hearted devotion to Christ. Paul stated this principle when he said, "To me to live is Christ" (Philippians 1:21) Jesus states it here also when He says, "Seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness."
In our present passage, we have a whole scheme of life.
To begin...
Bible Verses: Matthew 6:19-34Philippians 1:21Philippians 4:6-7
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This is not your rest. § There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. § Behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus.In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. § With Christ, which is far better.God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there...
Bible Verses: Deuteronomy 12:9Micah 2:10Hebrews 4:9Hebrews 6:19Hebrews 6:20John 14:2John 14:3Philippians 1:23Revelation 21:4Job 3:17Matthew 6:20Matthew 6:21Colossians 3:2
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For Reading and Meditation: Matthew 6:19-34
We turn now to the next of our Lord's Beatitudes: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled" (Matthew 5:6). One of the axioms of life is this: everyone thirsts after something. Some thirst for success, some thirst for fame, some...