1 Thessalonians 4:1 (New Living Translation) Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more. Paul writes to a church and urges […]
Entries from July 2012
Live in a Way that Pleases God
July 29th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: 1 Thessalonians · New Testament
The Kind of Fasting God Wants
July 28th, 2012 · No Comments
Isaiah 58:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. 7 Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. […]
Tags: Isaiah · Old Testament
Forgetting Parts of Me
July 15th, 2012 · No Comments
Psalms 130:3-4 (New Living Translation) 3 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? 4 But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. God doesn’t keep a record of my sins. That is a relief. God could keep such a record; He is capable of […]
Tags: Old Testament · Psalms
Affecting God
July 14th, 2012 · No Comments
Genesis 6:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. 6 So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. 7 And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race […]
Tags: Genesis · Old Testament
Father? Of Who?
July 8th, 2012 · No Comments
Genesis 17:3-5 (New Living Translation) 3 At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him, 4 “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations! 5 What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called […]
Tags: Genesis · Old Testament
Threats and Cheating
July 7th, 2012 · No Comments
Psalms 55:10-11 (New Living Translation) 10 Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city. 11 Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the streets. Sometimes we need look no further for our problems than ourselves. Such is the case related by David […]
Tags: Old Testament · Psalms
Worshiping the Power of Grass
July 1st, 2012 · No Comments
Psalms 106:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold. 20 They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull. I guess we file this one under: How stupid can people be? These verses are about the people that Moses […]
Tags: Old Testament · Psalms