Life is simple as 1 – 2- 3 1. Luke 10:27: He (Jesus) answered, ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your strength and with all your mind.’—(Deuteronomy 6:5) 2. And, ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ “—(Leviticus 19:18) 3. John 13: 34-35: I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you. If you love one another, everyone will know you are my disciples.” ...
Sometimes I check out other interpretations of Bible Verses. Today, The Message version wrote about Knowing Him Personally in Philippians 3: 2 -11: Steer clear of the barking dogs, those religious busybodies, all bark and no bite. All they’re interested in is appearances—knife-happy circumcisers, I call them. The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ’s praise as we do it. We couldn’t carry this off by our own ...
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. Genesis 9:12-13 NASB As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the ...
Remember the story of Joseph in Genesis? Joseph, beloved then betrayed, sold into slavery by family, thrown into jail and then honored by a Pharaoh. Joseph lived during times of plenty and times of famine. How many times of famines have your lived through? Genesis 45: 4-5 says: Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves ...
I cannot shake this Sabbatismos, finding rest in God; I should say the Holy Spirit continues to whisper to me…rest in me….rest. I have had a trying week, and finding rest has been challenging; not more sleep, but rest. I have been chewing through many books on Sabbath rest; one particular book, which I have not read yet but thumbed through spoke this to me today: We get so preoccupied with ourselves, the words we speak, the plans and projects ...
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