Thoughts In the beginning of chapter 3, Paul said that the last days would be difficult because of how evil people will be, and he listed some of the characteristics they would have. Here’s the list again: For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,…
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Thoughts At the same time that Jesus did those signs, many of the Jewish leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, they would not openly admit they believed. They were afraid they would be thrown out of the synagogue. They loved praise from people more than praise from God. John 12: 42-43 NIRV…
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Thoughts As Hosea ends, God pleads one last time for Israel to return to Him. And with that plea comes a promise. God promises to forgive them and love them with a boundless love. And then He gives several examples of how He will lavish them with gifts. He is a loving God, and He…
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Thoughts Whose Direction? Proverbs 20:24 says, “Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?” That last part is better translated, “How can a man understand his own way?” It’s true. Our lives are in God’s hand. He knows where He wants us and what He wants us to do…
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Thoughts As I’m recording this, it is Tuesday morning. My wife, the Lovely Lady LeeAnn is off work today, and she found an article in a magazine about some of the most beautiful scenic drives here in southern California. I have to say, with all the problems California has right now, this is still a…
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Thoughts It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time In chapter 17, David looked at the palace he had built for himself and thought, “I should build an appropriate place for the ark of the covenant.” Seems like a good and noble thing to do, right? The prophet Nathan thought so, so he told…
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Thoughts Beloved, I want to go back to chapter 6 and the blessing with which God told Moses to have Aaron and his sons bless the children of Israel. God said, “…this is what they should say.” Notice that God gave them the words to say. He didn’t leave it up to their discretion. This…
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Thoughts Coincidence? I Think Not When writing my comments for the day’s reading, I don’t look at the following day’s reading. I just take them one day at a time. So when I read today’s chapters, I was somewhat amused, because Paul is writing from prison. Why is he in prison? Because he would not…
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Thoughts But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders. John 7:13 NLT Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. “After all,” they said, “would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this…
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Thoughts Introduction To Hosea Hosea is the first book in what are called the Minor Prophets. They’re not called this because they are less important than the Major Prophets (which we just completed with the reading of the book of Daniel). The reason they’re called the Minor Prophets is because these books are much shorter….
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