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Category Archives: Christian Life
King Solomon’s Advice to Young People
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. JOHN TRAPP (1601-1699): To remember God is … Continue reading
Exhortations to Young Men
Peter 2:11—Titus 2:11-13—1 John 3:3; Ecclesiastes 11:9,10 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul—For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, … Continue reading
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Tagged holiness, joy, judgments, lusts, sin, temptation, youth
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The Folded Napkin & Christ’s Grave-clothes
John 20:1-9; John 20:30,31 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, grave-clothes, Jesus Christ, napkin, resurrection
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Redeeming the Time
Ephesians 5:15-17; Colossians 4:5 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Walk in … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, accountability ime, lost time, opportunities, time management, wasted time, well-spent time
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Questions & Answers for a New Year
Job 28:12; Proverbs 1:20-22; Proverbs 2:10;11; 4:7; 3:13; Exodus 14:15 Where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, new year, resolution, sanctification, time, wisdom
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Thoughts At the End of Another Year
Deuteronomy 31:14,19,22-26,30; Deuteronomy 32:48-50 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. Now therefore write ye … Continue reading
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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