We have to be taught how to fear the Lord. That phrase dates back thousands of years and has lost it’s colloquial context. I liken it to someone thousands of years from now discovering our phrase: No Pain No Gain. Someone would have to reveal to them the good that we were expressing in such […]
Asking God for what we need can be tricky to understand. We know that God knows what we need before we ask him. So then why do I need to ask God for what I need? 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. The time
Proverbs 9:1-6 Wisdom has built her house,she has hewn her seven pillars.She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine,she has also set her table.She has sent out her servant-girls, she callsfrom the highest places in the town,“You that are simple, turn in here!”To those without sense she says,“Come, eat of my breadand drink
2 Peter 1:13-21 I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to refresh your memory, since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at
Psalm 130 De profundis 1 Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord;Lord, hear my voice; *let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. 2 If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss, *O Lord, who could stand? 3 For there is forgiveness with you; *therefore you shall
John 6:24-35 The next day, when the people who remained after the feeding of the five thousand saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi,
2 Kings 4:42-44 A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.” But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred people?”
Matthew 20:20-28 The mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favor of him. And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at
Psalm 14 Dixit insipiens 1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” *All are corrupt and commit abominable acts;there is none who does any good. 2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon us all, *to see if there is any who is wise,if there is one who seeks after God.
Ephesians 2:11-22 Remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision” —a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having
