This hurts me more than . . . ∙ For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. – Proverbs 3:12 Lamentations 3:31-33 31 For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever. 32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatnessContinue reading “This hurts me more than . . . ∙”
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Solid rock or shifting sand ∙
Solid rock or shifting sand ∙ Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. – Matthew 7:24 Matthew 7:24-27 24 Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house onContinue reading “Solid rock or shifting sand ∙”
We can only receive what God gives ∙
We can only receive what God gives ∙ God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. – John 1:6-7 John 3:22-30 22 Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there,Continue reading “We can only receive what God gives ∙”
Turning away from the living God ∙
Turning away from the living God ∙ Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. – Hebrews 3:12 2 Peter 3:17 I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will notContinue reading “Turning away from the living God ∙”
Why are you persecuting me ∙
Why are you persecuting me ∙ “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” – Acts 9:4 Acts 9:1-6 1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that he might bring themContinue reading “Why are you persecuting me ∙”