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Everlasting Covenant “I have made an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.”                                                                                       Isaiah 55:3 (NLT)             In Genesis 17 God makes the promise that his covenant with Abraham’s descendants will be an eternal one. Earlier, in Genesis 9:16 God had made an everlasting covenant to Noah that he would not destroyContinue reading “Everlasting Covenant”

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:28 NLT Think about that first commandment that the Creator gave to his human creatures: “Have lotsContinue reading “Fruitful and Multiply”

You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.                                                   Psalm 2:9 NLT The Lord will march forth like a mighty hero; he will come out like a warrior, full of fury. He will shout his battle cry and crush all his enemies.                                                                                                      Isaiah 42:13 NLT The Old TestamentContinue reading “Crushing His Enemies”

Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your loveContinue reading “Love One Another”

How beautiful and how pleasing you are, my love, with your delights.                                Song of Songs 7:6 NIV Have you ever asked yourself what the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon) is doing in the Bible? If you have, you are certainly not alone. The book has created problems for interpreters for about as farContinue reading “Love- Human and Divine”

Always be joyful.Never stop praying.Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Do not stifle the Holy Spirit. Do not scoff at prophecies,but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every kind of evil. Now may the God ofContinue reading “A Choice”

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.                         Proverbs 11:1 ESV The word “abomination” (Heb. to’ebah) occurs disproportionately often in the book of Proverbs. It refers to something that is particularly disgusting to Yahweh. In Proverbs it is used to describe an interesting variety of persons, objectsContinue reading “Abomination”

We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives.  Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.                                                 Proverbs 16:1-3 NLT At least four times in the Psalms (33:10) and the Proverbs (16:1, 9; 19:21)Continue reading “Plans”

A man shows intelligence by his forbearance; it is his glory when he overlooks an offense.        Proverbs 19:11 JPSV But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!                              Galatians 5:22-23 NLT Does itContinue reading “Slow to Anger”

There is a way before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.                                       Proverbs 16:25 NLT My teacher and friend, Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, used to say, “I don’t know how old I was before I ever saw [something] in the Bible.” I used to smile and roll my eyes because he knew theContinue reading “There is a Way”