1 Cor 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
KJV
The word demonstration is found only here in the Bible and we see a demonstration of Spirit and of power. The word demonstration means the action of showing the existence of truth of something by […]
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Daily Devotions
2 Cor 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
KJV
Are you that confident today? Confident that if this is the last day you will be alive in this world that you will be alive in haven? Are you willing to be absent from the body today? So many who claim to be a Christian have no such confidence. They hope they are saved, they […] -
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Dan 2:20-21 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
KJV
Another election over in America and a new President elect will take office in January. Many are gloating this morning and many are crying over the results but […] -
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Isa 44:1-4 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
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Phil 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
KJV
How many things do you find to worry about today, to care about as the Bible says above? Let us name a few. We worry over the future, over health, over finances, over family, over friends, over an election coming, over the oncoming winter, over next year, over what took place over the past year […] -
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Ps 51:15-17 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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David then found time and reason to praise the Lord. A right spirit, which we noted yesterday, will always find time and reason to praise […] -
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Ps 51:8-10 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
KJV
Part of David’s prayer of repentance asks God to renew a right spirit within him. That is one of the problems of our day, keeping a right spirit within. So many distractions […] -
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Ps 51:1-3 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
KJV
The words of this Psalm, which are the words of God for us today, come from the heart of a fallen and broken man. David had sinned, that sin […] -
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Ps 9:1-2 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
KJV
I was talking to an individual some time ago who was going through a difficult time and they expressed to me that they did not have one thing to be thankful for. What a terrible state of mind that […] -
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2 Peter 1:5-10 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, […]