Day: June 12, 2018

REASONS TO OBEY GOD

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REASONS TO OBEY GOD Daniel 9:3-4 3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, Daniel and his friends were in a strange land, prisoners of a king who sought to benefit from their superior skills and intellect. As he grew to manhood, Daniel managed to operate within the foreign system …

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A True Friend

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A True Friend 1 Samuel 23:14–18 14 David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him. 15 One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him. 16 Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God. 17 “Don’t be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and …

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God Has a Purpose for Storms

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If you are in the midst of suffering, you can trust that God is using it for both your good and His kingdom. God Has a Purpose for Storms Psalm 119:71 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Perhaps you’ve seen a TV show in which a distracted person is about to step in front of a moving vehicle. Then suddenly another character races onto the scene, tackling him to prevent a catastrophe. Stunned and indignant, the near-victim fumes and swats at his rescuer—that is, until realizing he has just …

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In chapter two of the Book of Galatians, I saw something more clearly than I had before

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In chapter two of the Book of Galatians, I saw something more clearly than I had before. There was an event which had taken place earlier in Antioch which Paul was relating to the Galatian church as a great warning, both to them and therefore to us as well. A group of men had come down to Antioch from Jerusalem, having been sent from James. Peter and Barnabas were there with Paul, apparently co-ministering with him to the people there in Antioch. The Jews, upon arriving there, were very persuasive and succeeded in bringing even Peter and Barnabas under the …

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GOD’S GREAT CARE

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PSALM 42:1-2 _____________________________________________ “As the deer pants for streams of water, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? ” GOD’S GREAT CARE Do you know how much God cares for you? In this life we may never come to a full knowledge of just how much, but if we stop to meditate on this verse we might gain a closer understanding. The Lord has His ways of helping us see His truth. One morning, as I sat alone praying, I was surprised …

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