“When Moseshad told the words of the people to the LORD, the LORD said to Moses: “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes and prepare for the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of allContinue reading “the third day…”
Category Archives: Biblical
a people…
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, butContinue reading “a people…”
Dark soul
“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment. Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.” Psalm 51Continue reading “Dark soul”
lift up
Trust is an interesting commodity. Trust according to Merriam-Webster online is assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something, or one in which confidence is placed. Where do you place your confidence? In what do you find character beyond reproach? Ability in every situation and at all times? What has strength that can take careContinue reading “lift up”
From where does your help come?
Where do you turn for help? Do you rely on yourself for everything that happens in your life? Are you what is called a self-made man? Ok some of you reading might be women, so are you a self-made woman? I have to say I do not believe in a self-made person. There are tooContinue reading “From where does your help come?”
Do you want to be made well?
Jesus asks an interesting question in John 5:2-9… 5:2 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 5:3 In these lay many invalids–blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5:5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 5:6 When Jesus saw him lyingContinue reading “Do you want to be made well?”
to save or to kill…
To save or to kill? Which if these is lawful on the Sabbath? You see the religious leaders were watching Jesus on the Sabbath in the temple to see if he would heal, which is working on the Sabbath. So seeing the darkness in their hearts he asks, “Is it lawful to do good or toContinue reading “to save or to kill…”
Are you broken?
Interesting question, and if you are like most you might be very defensive right now. No I’m not broken, I am perfectly fine. I know I have problems, but I’m not worse off than most and I know I’ve got things together a lot better than most people do. Were you thinking any of theContinue reading “Are you broken?”
Which is easier…
Do you think about tasks in a way that will make them easier? When you have a task to do, do you look at multiple possibilities and chose the easiest of the possibilities? Are you always looking for the easy way out? Into days reading from Mark 2:1-12 we see Jesus asking the question, which is easier?Continue reading “Which is easier…”
Relationship
What are relationships for? Do you use them for your own gain? Do you give as much as you take? Mark 1:29-45 tells of the store of relationships, relationships between Jesus and the disciples, and all of them and Peter’s mother-in-law, and the leper that is outside of community… This text or set of textsContinue reading “Relationship”
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