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“But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him” (John 12:37). Recently when I read this scripture, I felt it was talking to me, but I didn’t understand how that could be so. I thought about testimonies that I have, I thought of testimonies that I heard, and thought of the things …
After celebrating our church’s 20 th year anniversary, I returned home and began reading my pastor’s memoirs of those 20 years. A few pages in, and I can scarcely believe the level of people’s selfishness. I think some levels of selfishness should make you feel embarrassed. After contemplating w…
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utt…
I saw a preacher saying something along the lines of: poverty steals vision and dreams because people are concerned about putting food on the table. Dreams and visions are sacrificed for the sake of eating. And when you think of our lives in terms of being stationed on earth to fulfill a purpose, the weight of the sac…
I remember many years ago in a youth bible study, we were talking about temptation. I concluded that one can’t be tempted with what they don’t want. As I was pondering on that answer recently, it occurred to me that the response to temptation reveals one’s belief about God. I think God’s standard of hol…
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” 1 Samuel 16:1 ** A few days ago, I was in the middle of a thought, and …
