Giving back what belongs to God
1 Chronicles 29:14-15 GNT "Yet my people and I cannot really give You anything, because everything is a gift from You, and we have only given back what is Yours already. [15] You know, O LORD, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death. This is part of David's prayer of dedication. He had gathered together a great wealth of precious materials for the building of the Temple. Yet he a
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Don't stop praying
Ecclesiastes 11:1 NKJV Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days. Prayer is like throwing bread on the waters of God's unfathomable loving kindness. Yesterday some of that "bread" came "floating back" to me after many days. It was a prayer request that I had been repeating off and on for quite a few months. It seemed hopeless, but I prayed it anyway, but not with any great faith or conviction. Yet, there it came, unexpectedly in an email. The mirac
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EVEN in old age!
Psalm 92:5-15 CSB How magnificent are Your works, LORD, how profound Your thoughts! [6] A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this: [7] though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed. [8] But You, LORD, are exalted forever. [9] For indeed, LORD, Your enemies- indeed, Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. [10] You have lifted up my horn like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed with t
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Coming to nothing
1 Corinthians 2:6-8 NKJV However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. [7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, [8] which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. I say a hearty "hallelujah" to this promise that the puffed up rulers of this w
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Shade
Shade Psalm 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. This long hot summer has found me constantly looking for shade. Anything that casts a shadow from the sun is so welcome. Trees are fantastic providers of shade, spreading out their branches casting a shady shadow in which to walk. There's a "tree" in the spiritual realm which brings blessed relief to our souls. The precious Cross of Jesus provides the ultimat
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In Him we live
Acts 17:23-28 NKJV for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: [24] "God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. [25] Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and
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Stand
Ephesians 6:13 AMPC Therefore put on God's complete armour, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. 1 Chronicles 11:13-14 AMPC He was with David at Pas-dammim [where David had long before slain Goliath], and there the Philistines were gathered for battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley or lentils; and the men [of Israel] fled before the Philis
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