Passage of the Day

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This Psalm reminds us of the greatness, power, love, authority, wisdom, understanding, faithfulness, care,  …… of the Lord, in His dealings with and provision for us, and for all of creation, and helps us to respond appropriately to Him, to have a correct attitude and perspective.
In Him, by His grace, Blessings
Bill
Passage of the day
Psalm 136
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This passage is after David has become King of Israel following the death of Saul and Jonathan, as built accommodation for himself in Jerusalem, has prepared a place for the Ark of the covenant and has brought it in to Jerusalem to the place he had prepared, and giving gifts to the people ….
He follows […]

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‘The King’s heart is a stream of water in the Lord’s hand, He turns it wherever He wishes’ The Lord certainly turned King Cyrus’ heart …. What Cyrus did was unheard of! Volunteering to release a captive people …. to build a temple for an ‘alien’ God The true God, yes, but not whom his […]

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We will all face difficult times, those of us who live well into old age may face failing sight and hearing and a diminishing ability to perform tasks we once found easy, loss of friends and loss of desire for many things ……. and we will all face death, unless the Lord returns soon, but […]

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This Psalm helps us to develop and maintain a right attitude when we come before God … Joyfully, Worshipping, Singing, with Reverence, with Awe, Thankfully, with Praises, acknowledging the Lord’s character and His involvement in our lives for our good ….
How often do we rush into His presence ask a favour and […]

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And apologies that I did not get this sent yesterday….. no excuses.
The book of Job looks at the trials Job suffered from an interesting perspective, and gives us some insight into spiritual affairs …. satan’s gall and front to present himself before God, how wrong he can get it when he imputes motives and sin […]

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Psalm 95 addresses our atitudes to God and the requirements He has placed on us, and through it the Lord gives us good advice and wise counsel ….
Some of those requirements are that we listen to Him and be open and willing to learn from Him, and about Him.
Here we are given a small insight […]

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Do the nations conspire and the peoples plot against Jesus, against God? …. Well, yes, in general they do! …. They attempt to expunge every mention of Him from schools, from government, from the legal profession, from commerce, from business, from our hearts, minds and lives ….. sometimes blatantly, sometimes subtly, but always persistently…. , […]

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Today we turn our attention again to Ps119, to the Word of God.
How important our attitude is when we open God’s Word!
Consider the Psalmist’s attitude and approach to His interaction with God through the Word …
1. He is committed to their value and reliability.
2. He is expectant - sure that he will gain insight and […]

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Israel defeated the inhabitants of the land of Canaan but did not utterly destroy them or drive them out as the Lord had commanded, therefore this remnant of the former inhabitants became a stumbling block to Israel, leading them into sin against the Lord (see chapter 2 and following).
These events of history can be an […]