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These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates. Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all this”-this is the Lord’s declaration. Zechariah 8:16 HCSB Many people will celebrate Halloween today and have…
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7 ESV Halloween is a time we think of spooky, scary, evil things. But sadly, we live in a world where there are spooky, scary, evil things going on all around us all the time. There is evil in…
When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. 2 Samuel 13:21 ESV This short verse comes from the historical narrative in 2 Samuel chapter 13 where David’s first-born son, Amnon, has raped his half-sister, Tamar. Tamar is the full sister of Absalom. This is one simple short verse that says…
Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 2 Chronicles 20:3 ESV There are numerous passages in the Bible about fasting. In the Old Testament we see numerous people fast as they pray and seek the Lord for help or guidance in any given…
Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel and shut the lion’s mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” Daniel 6:21-22 ESV Daniel’s only problem was that the higher ups…
I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged against him and struck the ram with two horns. And the ram had no power to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his…
That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed. Daniel 5:30 LSB As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been reading the book by Dr. David Jeremiah and C. C. Carlson, The Handwriting on the Wall. The title came from chapter 5. King Belshazzar was having a huge feast. There were all kinds of debauchery going…
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you go through various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 HCSB I remember the first time I really read this verse and…
These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood. Proverbs 6:6:16-17 NKJV The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. Proverbs 8:13 NKJV When…
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 NKJV We live in a world where being described as meek and gentle is not considered to be a compliment. We should, however, consider it a great compliment. Jesus said in His Sermon on the Mount, blessed are the meek for they…