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Faithfulness; May 28, 2024


Hebrews 6:10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. The reason the Bible tells us repeatedly that God remembers … Continue reading

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Learning from Holy Spirit; September 5, 2023


John 14:26 “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” Modern Pentecostals and Charismatics are quick to think … Continue reading

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Disciples; June 6, 2023


Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue,to know the word that sustains the weary.He wakens me morning by morning,and wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. This is reasonably taken as a Messianic passage, … Continue reading

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Instruction; May 20, 2023


Proverbs 16:20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. What jumped out at me from this, comparing the English and the Japanese, is that where the NIV says “instruction,” the Japanese says, … Continue reading

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Repeated Truth; May 13, 2023


Psalm 135:18 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. This is essentially identical to Psalm 115:8, that was part of the reading for May 5, and I mentioned it then. It’s … Continue reading

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Understanding; April 1, 2023


Matthew 20:18-19 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles … Continue reading

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Understanding; December 30, 2022


Luke 2:49-50 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he was saying to them. It’s my personal opinion that the first two … Continue reading

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Knowledge; October 15, 2022


Ecclesiastes 8:17 Then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he … Continue reading

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Companions; September 26, 2022


Psalm 119:79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes. I chose this verse from reading it in the NIV, but then I read it in Japanese and noticed an interesting distinction: where the NIV … Continue reading

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Personal Testimony; March 25, 2022


Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come. It is a simple fact of human nature … Continue reading

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