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Forgiveness; April 5, 2024

Posted on April 6, 2024 by jgarrott

Jeremiah 50:20 “In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant … Continue reading →

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Hearing God; October 5, 2020

Posted on October 7, 2020 by jgarrott

Proverbs 3:32 For the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence. Some people say they want to hear from God, and others insist that claiming to hear from God is a sign of mental illness. … Continue reading →

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Change; February 29, 2019

Posted on January 31, 2019 by jgarrott

Mark 6:4 Jesus said to them, “Only in his home town, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” Jesus here states a fairly universal phenomenon, another expression of “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Human beings are … Continue reading →

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April 16, 2017

Posted on April 22, 2017 by jgarrott

Luke 24:11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. I have heard people be very dismissive of the apostles here, saying they wouldn’t believe the women just because they were women. Whereas … Continue reading →

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September 4, 2016

Posted on September 7, 2016 by jgarrott

Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.” … Continue reading →

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May 12, 2016

Posted on May 13, 2016 by jgarrott

Psalm 42:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. This refrain, which appears again in verse 11 and in … Continue reading →

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August 11, 2015

Posted on August 13, 2015 by jgarrott

Isaiah 51:7-8 “Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults. For the moth will eat them up like … Continue reading →

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November 1, 2012

Posted on November 4, 2012 by jgarrott

Psalm 103:2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits– I like the way the Japanese expresses this verse: “Don’t forget a single one of the good things the Lord has done for us.” David shows … Continue reading →

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May 9, 2012

Posted on May 11, 2012 by jgarrott

John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” I use this passage so often that I have it memorized in Japanese as … Continue reading →

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