I am so thankful for the gift of music. Just in case you thought music was a human invention, it wasn’t. We are told that the angels sing God’s praises in Heaven. We are made in God’s image, and He instilled music in us. Of course, some of us are gifted in different ways. Some…
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Have you ever heard the advice: “Follow your heart”, or when pondering a difficult decision, have you been asked, “What does your heart say?”. You probably have. How does that jive with scripture? Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” What did Jesus say about…
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Let’s look at the last three verses of the chapter, verses 23 through 26. Verse 23 says, “Now the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon they were numerous.” God had prospered them, and gave them a large amount of land. But listen…
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Let’s take a quick look at the end of chapter 6. Jesus sent His disciples across the sea of Galilee, while he wanted some time to himself to go up a mountain to pray. Here in California, we would probably call the mountain a hill. By the way. I had never looked this up until…
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Celebrating 444 Episodes! Before we get to my comments, I want to thank all the good folks who participated in the 444 donations.You are awesome. You rock. And you really gave me encouragement. I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you value the podcast enough to truly participate in the value-for-value…
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In chapter 4, Jesus was by a lake and he was teaching a large crowd, and He was using parables. At the end of the parable of the farmer sowing seed, He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.” Then, when they were away from the crowd, his disciples asked about the parables….
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There were some very interesting and important men and women listed in the chapter today. Israel, Judah, Boaz, Jesse, David…just to name a few. Some are remembered as the first to settle certain towns and regions. But two are going to be remembered throughout time for their sins. We read that “the Lord considered Er,…
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Let’s look for a moment at chapter 2, verses 3-5. Here it is again: 3 Four men came to him carrying a paralyzed man. 4 Since they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where Jesus was. Then they lowered the cot…
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The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles are somewhat of a review of the previous books of history, but not completely. We will find some new information interspersed within. While there is some repetition, God saw fit to give us every word that we find here. These books are therefore just as important as any…
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These two chapters are very familiar to most believers, and even a lot of non-believers. Most of us have heard and/or read about the last day of Jesus’ life on earth many, many times. But have you ever really caught what Matthew 27:52 and 53 said? Have you given these two verses any thought? Here…
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