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Circumcised Heart

This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.                                                                                                                                                          Genesis 17:8 Therefore, circumcise your hearts and be no longer stiff-necked                                                     Deuteronomy 10:16 When God asked Abraham to become circumcised, what was he asking for? I believe the context there is absolutely important. WhatContinue reading “Circumcised Heart”

The Lord is our Righteousness

“In those days and at that time I will raise up a righteous descendantfrom King David’s line. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this will be its name: ‘The LORD Is Our Righteousness.’           Jeremiah 33:15-16Continue reading “The Lord is our Righteousness”

This Holy God

“Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?” they cried out. “Where can we send the Ark from here?”                                                                                             1 Samuel 6:20 NLT The events preceding this cry are important to understanding it. Briefly, the Israelites had tried to use the covenant box (“Ark” in 1611 English)Continue reading “This Holy God”

You Don’t Have to Tell Everything You Know

“And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. “For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened… “If you then, being evil, know how to give goodContinue reading “You Don’t Have to Tell Everything You Know”