Today’s Word

Trading Shoes

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake  Colossians 1:24 For Your Sake – Paul understood the process of redemptive suffering.  Do you? In this letter to the church at Colossae, Paul says that he is exuberant and joyful because he has been able to substitute himself in the place of others.  He volunteered…
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Deaf and Dumb

For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak Habakkuk 2:18 Cannot Speak – What would it take to convince you that idols cannot speak? Oh, did you think that you already knew this? Did you think that your life was not governed by speechless idols? Then try…
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The Inner Struggle

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts Psalm 13:2 (NIV) Wrestle with my thoughts – The NIV translation of this passage captures the idea of the phrase but not the exact words. The Hebrew phrase really says, “take counsel with my soul.” The two critical words are ‘etsah (advice, plan) and nephesh (soul, person)….
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God in the Dock

God is not a man that He should lie; Numbers 23:19 Lie – Does God lie? “Of course not,” you will answer. “How could He be God if He did not tell us the truth?” You’re right. One of the fundamental characteristics of God’s nature is truth. Lying is simply not possible for the God…
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In My Trouble

Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the LORD 1 Chronicles 22:14 With Great Pains – As David approached the end of his life, he gave us a summary that we need to heed (remember qashav?). David, the man after God’s own heart, the man of great triumph and terrible…
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