Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6 Are you hungry and thirsty for Jesus? Please understand this – and I really, really mean it – this isn’t a question to guilt you. I’ve questioned this myself. I grew up thinking I was a lousy Christian. AllContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 8 March 2023. Today’s topic: Hungry and Thirsty”
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Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 19 December 2022. Today’s topic: Joseph’s Right
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. Matthew 1:19 It really looked like Joseph had every reason to divorce Mary. They were betrothed, though not yet living together (as was the tradition for betrothal, whereContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 19 December 2022. Today’s topic: Joseph’s Right”
Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 9 March 2022. Today’s topic: Made Righteous Anyway
So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Galatians 3:6 (NIV). Paul’s verse here uses a four-thousand-year-old story to remind us today of just how faith works. God touches us, reaches out to us, and we get to then believe. When we believe, God credits His love, His salvation toContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 9 March 2022. Today’s topic: Made Righteous Anyway”
Practical Proverbial, from 2 Peter, 12 November 2020 Today’s topic: Point to Someone Else
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Practical Proverbial, 19 October. Today’s topic: Balaam’s Donkey Today
They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you. With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood! They have leftContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, 19 October. Today’s topic: Balaam’s Donkey Today”
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