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How Do We Obey The Hard Commands?

JAMES 1:2 – “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.” THEME OF THE DAY.  HOW DO WE OBEY THE HARD COMMANDS?  We know God gives commandments that are hard to obey.  Here is a nice list to start with – “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of…

Our Redemption Draws Near

LUKE 21:24-28 – “Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those…

Life Is Hard Under The Sun

JOB 14:1 – “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.” THEME OF THE DAY: LIFE IS HARD UNDER THE SUN.  By the time we get to chapter fourteen of Job, this man of God is really hurting physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  His so-called friends have done him no favors.  The loud rings of “hypocrite”…

Leave Tomorrow Alone

MATTHEW 6:34 – “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” THEME OF THE DAY: LEAVE TOMORROW ALONE.   Today’s scripture is the conclusion of a lengthy portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount dealing with the topic of anxiety.  If you fight against this mental, emotional, and spiritual…

One Life To Live One Time

JAMES 4:13-17 – “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to…