Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your Law (Psalm 119:18, NASB). Charles Spurgeon, known as the Prince of Preachers, once described all the books he had read by saying. . . I read them once with considerable pleasure, but now they are of no use to me. They were good in […]
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Jesus said to us. . . Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his [Jesus] return is very near, right at the door (Matthew 24:32-33, NLT). There
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The Book of Nehemiah is a journal. Being the only book of the Bible written from this personal perspective, we can literally read the thoughts of a great man of God as he confronts and struggles through his greatest challenge. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the
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Psalm 111:1 ~ Praise the Lord! Psalm 112:1 ~ Praise the Lord! Psalm 113:1 ~ Praise the Lord! Psalms 111, 112, and 113 open with “Hallelujah,” which is the Hebrew word for “Praise Jehovah.” The three psalms are the “Hallelujah” psalms, giving us many ways to praise God. All three psalms contain only twenty-nine verses.
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David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” (1 Samuel 17:37, NLT) Before the age of fifteen, David had killed a 1,000-pound bear and a 400-pound lion. When he saw the 10-foot-tall Goliath taunting the Israelites and blaspheming the Living God Himself —
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Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 NLT Bad News: Forty-five percent of Americans say they make New Year’s resolutions, but only eight percent keep them. Let’s consider the history of New Year’s resolutions. The earliest recorded
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And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great (Job 8:7, ESV). When a 15-year-old wakes up on New Year’s Day, she thinks, “Yay! I’m going to turn sixteen in 2025 and get my driver’s license.” When a 30-year-old wakes up on New Year’s Day, he thinks, “Yay! I got married
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You don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it (James 4:2b, NLT). I have three insane prayers that I’m asking God to answer in 2025. And to be honest, I’ve asked these same requests in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. . . starting in 2016. That’s nine years without an answer. Now
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Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one (Matthew 5:37, NLT). Jesus taught his disciples to keep things simple with their commitments — just a simple “yes” or “no” would suffice. There’s no need to say things like “on my mother’s grave” or “I
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May the glory of the Lord endure forever (Psalm 104:31a, ESV). Glory means two things: Who God is and what God does! When we look upon the Lord, we reflect His glory by becoming what He is and then, being changed, doing what He does! Psalm 104 describes God’s glory and how we can notice and reflect
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