Translations
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2 God said, “Take your son, your only son whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him up as an entirely burned offering there on one of the mountains that I will show you.” 3 Abraham got up early in the morning, harnessed his donkey, and took two of his… Read more
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To fear the Lord is to hate evil.I hate pride and arrogance,the path of evil and corrupt speech. (Prov. 8:13, CEB) “Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. They don’t genuinely hate sin and aren’t truly sorry for it;… Read more
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15 Moses replied, “If you won’t go yourself, don’t make us leave here. 16 Because how will anyone know that we have your special approval, both I and your people, unless you go with us? Only that distinguishes us, me and your people, from every other people on the earth.” 17 The Lord said to… Read more
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Just like a deer that craves streams of water, my whole being craves you, God. 2 My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see God’s face? (Psalm 42:1-2, CEB) A.W. Tozer’s great book, The Pursuit of God, was one of the first Christian classics I was introduced… Read more
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7 You are my secret hideout! You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of rescue! Selah (Psalm 32:7, CEB) 17 The Lord your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17, CEB) Propositional truth is good. It is necessary. We need… Read more
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Doom, obstinate one, the defiled one, the violent city. 2 She listened to no voice; she accepted no discipline. She didn’t trust in the Lord, nor did she draw near to her God. 3 The princes in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the evening; they leave nothing for the morning. 4 Her prophets are… Read more
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17 The Lord your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17, CEB) We serve a God who rejoices over us. We serve the One who has set us free from bondage. We are brought out of our barrenness into abundance… So why… Read more
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When it comes to reading the Bible… What to know what it says? Read the ESV. What to know what it means? Read the Common English Bible. 😉 Read more
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Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself. – Leonard Ravenhill 6 Won’t you bring us back to life again so that your people can rejoice in you? (Psalm 85:6, CEB) Read more
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That said, it is still up to us as believers to take up the admonition to speak the truth in love. That still may not go well, but it does not release us into the depths of this world’s system of “taking it to the man” (or whatever phrase they are using these days). But… Read more
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