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Don’t Tread Water with False Narratives, Seek The ‘True’ Truth
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.’ (Isaiah 9:2) In the secular worldview in place today, we have many sources of ...
Patriotism Starts First With Obeying The Lord & His Word
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(12) Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance. (13) From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; (14) from His dwelling place He watches all who li...
Don’t shop in Satan’s aisle
As we looked at the gospel of Lucifer yesterday, we read the text of the temptation of Jesus by the devil in Matthew 4. Satan accuses us in the temptations we face, causing feelings of guilt and shame. Yet remember all m...
Be Willing To Provide, Or Ask For, Help
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?’ (1 John 3:17) 1 John 3:11-24 focuses on two of the strongest e...
Religion Vs Relationship
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.’ (1 John 4:4) The first of the Johannine Epistles (a fancy way of ...
Our ‘New’ Technologies Aren’t New To God
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘<God’s> divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.’ (2 Peter 1:3) Over the last year, there has b...
Be A Cheerful Giver, & A Cheerful Receiver
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.’ (2 Corinthian 8:12) In 2 Corinthians 9:7, it says one should always be a cheer...
Plan & Prepare For the New Year
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘<Jesus said,> I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made...
A New Year Always Brings Some Hope; Our Savior Brings All Hope
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. (Hebrews 3:6) It’s the end of another calendar year...
Let Your ‘Yes’ Be ‘Yes’, & Your ‘No’ Be ‘No’
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘<Jesus said,> “All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”’ (Matthew 5:37) As part of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’, Jesus gave us pretty...
A Prayer & A Hope For The New Year
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘”For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”’ (Jeremiah 29:11); ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in...
Fellowship – Not Just A Social Club; A Strong Connection With Christ
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.’ (1 Peter 3:8); ‘Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you ar...