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- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 17: Restoration
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 16: Spiritual Surgery
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 15: Retribution and Revenge
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 14: The Counsels of Men
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 13: God’s Symmetrical Tapestry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry
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Category Archives: Christian Life
Hearing God’s Rod
1 Peter 1:6,7; Micah 6:9; Psalm 85:8 Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried … Continue reading
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Tagged affliction, chastening, correction, hearing, inquiry, prayer, Providence, questions, rod
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Forward—into the New Year
Exodus 14:13-15 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see … Continue reading
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Tagged complaining, conditional, faith, God, mercy, murmuring, new year, progress, promises, provision, truth
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An Enlarged Heart
Ezekiel 36:26,27; 1 Kings 4:29; Psalm 119:32; 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and … Continue reading
When Sudden Anger Ambushes Good Men
Ecclesiastes 7:9; Proverbs 14:29; James 1:19,20 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, hasty, patience, wrath
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The Blessing of Christian Fellowship in an Ungodly Age
Philippians 1:3-5; Malachi 3:16,17 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. Then they … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, communications, communion, conversations, fellowship
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The Evils of Gossip & Backbiting
Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 18:8; Psalm 15:1-3 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. LORD, who … Continue reading
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Tagged backbiting, gossip, sin, slander, tale-bearing
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Faithful Witnessing
Mark 12:31; Proverbs 24:11,12; Isaiah 43:10,11,15 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; … Continue reading
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Tagged duty, love, obligation, salvation, truth, witness, witnesses
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An Enlarged Heart
Psalm 119:2,7,11,32 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. Thy word have I hid in mine … Continue reading
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Tagged commandments, enlarge, grace, heart, joy, love, obedience, running, sanctification, testimonies, wisdom
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Experiential, or Experimental Understanding
Psalm 34:8; Hosea 6:3; Isaiah 7:9; Hebrews 10:32-34 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, experience, experimental knowledge, faith, head knowledge, heart knowledge
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The Blessings of Cheerful Charity
2 Corinthians 9:6-15 For I say, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of … Continue reading