The Father’s Good Gifts

We can rejoice in God’s answers to our prayers because we know He has our best interest in mind The Father’s Good Gifts MATTHEW 7:7-11 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give …

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BE LIKE JESUS

1 JOHN 4:17 ________________________________________ “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. ” BE LIKE JESUS Try as you may, you cannot find a more influential person in all of human history who has affected mankind as much as Jesus Christ has and does. There are no religious founders among men who can boast of having brought to the world the compassion and care that Jesus has. None can say as He did, “…whoever lives and believes in Me shall …

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John 8:3-7

Many commentaries try to determine what Jesus wrote on the ground as if after two thousand years something would still be left in the dust to decipher. However, in the Greek text, the emphasis is not on what he wrote but on his finger. Of the 613 commandments God gave to Moses, 603 were written on parchment with the pen of a man, the other ten were inscribed onto tablets of stone with the very finger of God (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10). One of the ten commandments was the law against adultery. The emphasis on the finger implies that Jesus, …

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The Blessings of Inadequacy

When we need help, we learn how to draw near to God, trust Him, and rely on His power The Blessings of Inadequacy 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-6 1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. …

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“The Battle Is Mine”

“The Battle Is Mine” 1 Samuel 17:40-47 40 He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine. 41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him, 42 sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy. 43 “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. 44 “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to …

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Timing and Weaponry of Invasion Ezekiel 38:1-39:16

Israel is a land brought back from the sword (38:8). After 1900 years, 46 invasions, and the War of Independence, the Land is Jewish again and free from foreign domination. This nation is gathered from many nations and peoples (38:8, 12). The Jews in Israel today come from 80–90 different nations. The continual waste places are now inhabited (38:8, 12). The Israelis today are rebuilding the ancient places and turning them into modern towns and cities. They dwell securely (38:11, 14). This has often been misconstrued as meaning a state of peace, but this is not the meaning of the Hebrew …

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Elements of the Tabernacle Cont

The importance of the Veil is that it was a barrier of access to God. It marked a point of demarcation in two ways. The Veil that separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place also separated the high priest from all the common priests who only were allowed in the Holy Place. This separation meant that only one man, out of one family, out of one tribe, out of one nation, out of the entire world, was ever allowed to enter into the very presence of God. Even for him, it was only for one day out of …

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Only one life ’twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.”

Moses wrote Psalm 90 at the end of the forty years of Wilderness Wanderings. It was when the Exodus Generation had passed away as judgment for their sin at Kadesh Barnea. The application of this psalm for believers today is fourfold. Firstly, we need to recognise that no matter how long we live, from a divine perspective, life is very short. Secondly, not all of our years are going to be productive, and we could be further side-lined through tragedy, illness, and sickness, thus becoming even less productive. Thirdly, we must be very conscious of how much time we have …

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