If ever there was an example of a couple after God’s own heart we have it in Aquila and Priscilla. If you have never pieced together this couple’s story in scripture you will be surprised as you do so now. In the Bible, we first meet Aquila and Priscilla in Acts 18 in the Jewish […]
The life of David makes for a fascinating character study. His is one of those great “rags to riches” stories. David started out a shepherd boy and ended up as a king. He became a great warrior and consolidated the tiny nation of Israel into a powerful kingdom that ruled a large part of the […]
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There are many excuses, seasons, and reasons that steal our devotion to prayer— the saddest of all being when we don’t really believe in the power of prayer. We don’t think that prayer makes any difference. We don’t believe that things might have different outcomes due to faithful and earnest prayer…therefore we don’t ask or […]
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I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the Gospel, so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ. Philippians 1:12-13 Do you complain about your circumstances at times? Wish […]
We don’t know much about Jesus as a child other than the account of his teaching at the Temple in Luke 2:44-50. But, there were those who did know Him then. Mary and Joseph had many children after Jesus was born into this world. Jesus had four half-brothers (James, Joses, Simon and Jude, and at […]
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This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. (John 15:12) As children of God, you and I are commanded to live and show the kind of love we see modeled by our heavenly Father and His Son. And exactly how has Jesus loved us? And what does the kind […]
Who do you depend on to get through life? The Apostle Paul, a humble servant and “prisoner” of the Lord, considered himself to be “God-sufficient.” His confidence was securely rooted in the Lord and His sovereign providence over his life. As a man who walked with Jesus, Paul could cope with anything life threw at […]
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The union of two people in marriage is potentially fraught with challenges—an understatement in the case of Jacob and Rachel! Their joining together was thwarted by a lying, conniving father-in-law, two wives, two concubines, and 12 sons generally marked by jealousy and aggressive, warlike behavior. No soap opera could ever even come close to duplicating […]
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When Moses was tending his father-in-law’s sheep in Midian, he led them out to the desert to Mount Horeb (also known as Mount Sinai). There he encountered a bush that burned, yet was not consumed by the fire. As Moses turned to see what was going on, God called to him from inside the bush. […]
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That you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you;… that he may comfort your hearts. Ephesians 6:21-22 Don’t you love it when you receive a “thinking of you” greeting card? I purchased an entire package […]
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