Tag: repentance
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Righting the Ship
Psalm 146:9 “The way of the wicked He turns upside down” I love the way Psalm 146:9 is rendered in the New Kings James Version, which is the translation provided in the words above. It’s a statement of fact about the lives of those who have rejected God, here called, “the wicked.” It says that…
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Pointing Fingers
2 Samuel 12:7 “Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man!’” So, on May 26, 2021 there was a mass shooting. This time in San Jose. As a result, 10 more people died from such violence. I read one news account that there had been 14 mass murders (defined as four or more people dead)…
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Responding to a King’s Kindness
2 Samuel 10:1-6 “After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. And David said, ‘I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.’ So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land…
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Which Way?
1 Samuel 30:11-15 “They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink, and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had…
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Like a Broken Record
1 Samuel 26:1-2 “Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, ‘Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?’ So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.” 1 Samuel 26:21…
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Repentance
Luke 3:10-11 “And the crowds asked him, ‘What then shall we do?’ And he answered them, ‘Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.’” You do realize, don’t you, that in the end, every person on the face of the earth must give an account of his…
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When We Regret
1 Samuel 12:18-19 “So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel, ‘Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a…
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A Change of Heart
1 Samuel 5:1-4 “When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before…
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The Why
2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Have you ever thought about the fact that it is possible to do exactly what the Bible says and yet do it in a sinful way? That’s why the fastidious keeping of…
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A Cry for Justice
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” So many people are crying out for justice today. After the George Floyd incident, we saw thousands of people marching not only in the cities across…
To Encourage You 