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Tag Archives: faith
Spiritual Warfare; July 14, 2025
Psalm 119:15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. Verse 11 is justly famous, and I memorized it at a very young age, but this verse too is important in the objective stated in verse 9, a young man … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, faith, focus, God, God's Word, Jesus, pornography, psalms, sins, spiritual warfare, temptation
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God’s Eternal Goodness; July 13, 2025
Psalm 118:28-29 You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. This Psalm has many famous lines, and I was quite torn as to … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, eternity, faith, God, God's character, God's truth, Jesus, psalms, security, sharing Christ, thanking God, the awareness of God, worship
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Salvation; July 12, 2025
Psalm 118:14 The Lord is my strength and my defense (or song); he has become my salvation. As I read this I was regretting that I hadn’t extended the reading to the end of the Psalm when I made up the list, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, evangelism, faith, God, Jesus, psalms, salvation, songs, strength
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Women; July 11, 2025
Psalm 113:9 He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children.Praise the Lord. The vast majority of the Psalms are stated or assumed to have been written by men. However, this verse gives me the impression that this … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, christianity, differences, equality, faith, gifting, God, Jesus, marriage, ministry, misogyny, poetry, W. O. Carver, women
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God’s Word; July 10, 2025
Psalm 107:20 He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. I use this same devotional format in an online Bible study I do every week with a pastor friend in Northern Japan. We have been working steadily … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute truth, bible, christianity, faith, God, God's will, God's Word, healing, hearing, Jesus, power, the Bible, the Word of the Lord, trusting God
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Ancestral Sin; July 9, 2025
Psalm 106:6 We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. Awareness of sin is a strange thing. Some actions jump out at us, in our own lives or in the lives of those around us, and … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, bible, black sheep, christianity, faith, generational sins, God, God's grace, humility, Jesus, pride, repentance, sin
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God’s Faithfulness; July 8, 2025
Psalm 105:43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. I learned a musical setting for the passage that includes this verse around 45 years ago, and I can’t read it without that song running … Continue reading
Language; July 7, 2025
Psalm 105:3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. The first thing I noticed in reading this passage was that verses 8-11 completely settle the question of who the land of Israel belongs to. However, … Continue reading
Music; July 6, 2025
Psalm 104:33-34 I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord. I can’t read this passage without singing it, at least in my … Continue reading
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Tagged ear candy, environment, faith, God, harmony, Jesus, lyrics, music, pleasing God, praising God, singing, worship
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Accountability; July 5, 2025
Psalm 100:3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. This is absolutely essential to every human being, yet we all too often ignore part or even all of … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, bible, christianity, Creator God, faith, fulfillment, God, God's plans, hubris, Jesus, joy, monotheism, nihilism, peace, rebellion, shepherds and sheep
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