Truth Told
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RIGHT AND WRONG IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Exodus 20:1 Then God gave the people all these instructions:2 “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.3 “You must not have any other god but me. If you are anything like me, you…
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God did not lead them along the main road New Living Translation (Ex 13:17). Tyndale House Publishers. We have all heard that it took the Children of Israel 40 years to arrive at their destination, the Promise Land. Even though, if they had taken a much more direct route, this journey would have taken weeks…
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Then she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the Ark of God has been captured.” Holy Bible: New Living Translation (1 Sa 4:22). Tyndale House Publishers. 21 She named the child Ichabod (which means “Where is the glory?”), for she said, “Israel’s glory is gone.” She named him this because the Ark of God…
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I was stunned and taken aback this morning in my daily reading when I came across this verse… As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink,so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor. New Living Translation (Ec 10:1). Tyndale House Publishers. What a metaphor, it stopped me dead in my tracks.…
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God’s work is always going forward, His work and His ways are higher and grander than we realize. Sometimes I can wonder if I am accomplishing anything. Let’s take a look at the short book of Haggai and the historical message it conveys. It’s important to remember that Haggai was sent by God with God’s…
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These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. Nehemiah’s Concern for JerusalemIn late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was at the fortress of Susa. 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came to visit me with some other men who had just arrived from Judah. I…
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Sometime after Solomon inherited the throne (kingship) of Israel, from his father David, we read in 1 Kings 3… “That night the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” Tyndale House Publishers. (2015). Holy Bible: New Living Translation (1 Ki…
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Proverbs 18:9 One who is slack in his work, is brother to one who destroys. The New International Version (Pr 18:9). (2011). Zondervan. Sometimes I feel like leaving it to someone else to become God’s spokesperson. Sometimes I’m concerned that if I act upon what I sense God is saying to me, I might embarrass…
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The prophet Ezekiel should really get our attention. If you are anything like me you find yourself praying, God use me, show me what to do. Of course God says something different back to me, ” it isn’t what I want you to do it is what I want you to be, I’ll do the…
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In the book of Jeremiah, chapter 49, we have five oracles concerning the nations. It is interesting to me that we find God governs all nations on the face of the earth. Of course we know God governs the nation of Israel, but all nations? The nation of Ammon was an enemy of Israel and…
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