Tag Archives: consequences

Obedience; September 20, 2023


Acts 5:21, 42 At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good … Continue reading

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Consequences of Unbelief; July 19, 2023


Luke 1:20 “And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their proper time.” The power of habit and expectation is … Continue reading

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The Fear of the Lord; June 20, 2023


Nahum 1:3, 7 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.  The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, Contemporary … Continue reading

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Faith; June 19, 2023


Jonah 3:10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened. This story is remarkable in a number of ways. In … Continue reading

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Judgment; June 15, 2023


Ezekiel 22:16 “When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’” Two things impress me about this verse. The first is the widely divergent ways it can be translated. The … Continue reading

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Salvation; June 14, 2023


Jeremiah 39:18 “‘I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the Lord.’” Ebed-Melech the Cushite, to whom this was addressed, was a person with no … Continue reading

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World View; May 19, 2023


Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death. This verse is a very close parallel to 13:14, which I wrote on just yesterday, in that they both speak … Continue reading

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Expectations; December 11, 2022


Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. This was of course … Continue reading

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Time; March 9, 2022


Job 14:14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. Reading the English, I saw that there was a footnote on “renewal” that said it … Continue reading

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Perspective; December 13, 2021


Psalm 107:17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. Continuing from yesterday, the two groups of people in today’s reading are a sharp contrast. Those described here are what we would consider a … Continue reading

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