Song 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
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This verse points out little things that seem harmless but can cause great and at times permanent damage. A little fox in the vineyard at that time would eat away at the roots of the vines and destroy them and it is an illustration of little sins that seem to cause no harm left in our lives that will cause […]
Daily Devotions
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Daily Devotions
Ps 30:1-5 I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance […] -
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Ps 127:1-2 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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Did you know the word late is found just three times in the Bible and never refers to God in any way? Our God is […] -
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Ps 116:12-15 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
KJV
Verse fifteen is one I ponder over as I wonder how something that brings so much pain […] -
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John 17:16-17 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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What is it that separates people? Most often it is truth and the truth of the Word of God. Jesus stated “They are not of the world.” Why? They had believed the truth, they believed what Jesus had told them, they had turned from the world and sin, received Jesus not only as […] -
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Eph 5:16-17 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Col 4:5-6 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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Perhaps a little later than usual this morning posting this as I did have an early morning errand to […] -
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Ps 147:12-18 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can […] -
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John 21:11-12 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, and hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
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I am planning a short trip tomorrow that will take up most of the day. Two and a half […] -
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Ps 62:1-2 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Ps 62:5-7 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and […] -
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Jonah 2:9-10 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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The circumstances of Jonah’s life had changed drastically from where the prophet was in the beginning of the first chapter until the end of the second chapter in this record of his ministry. Jonah had decided […]