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Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(6) Though the Lord is exalted, He looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, He sees them from afar. (7) Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve my life. You stretch out Your hand against t...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other….’ (Ecclesiastes 7:14a); ‘(7) The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trou...

Believing in yourself is something Jesus never said.  Looking inside yourself for the answers to the big questions of life (who am I, why am I here, where am I going, how does all this end) will be a fruitless search.&nb...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(1) Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And w...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(17) But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. (18) They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” (19) T...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(8) If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.’ ...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.’ (Psalm 33:6); ‘The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.’ (Psa...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(1) Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. (2) It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a mi...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(21) Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you— (22) for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.’ (Ecclesiastes 7:21-2...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(38) “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” (39) “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a m...

We are told today to “be true to yourself.”  Yet this is never the counsel of Jesus.  In preparing to preach through this for Sunday, I looked for a guide to “be true to yourself.”  And ...

Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”’ (Isaiah 29:15) The context is from a series of ‘woes�...