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A Sure Cure To Complaining About Our Suffering

MATTHEW 27:24–31 – So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” Then he released for them Barabbas, and…

There Are No Private Thoughts and Conversations

ECCLESIASTES 10:20 – Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  THERE ARE NO PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS.  The picture King Solomon paints in today’s scripture is also the one Jesus sets…

Signs of Adoption

JEREMIAH 15:16 – Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.   THEME OF THE DAY:  SIGNS OF ADOPTION.  Many of God’s children struggle with assurance of salvation. Doubts plague them as to whether they are…

The Grounds For Our Plea

JEREMIAH 14:7-9 – Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? Why should you be…

Some Thorns Won’t Be Removed

JEREMIAH 10:19 – Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, “Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  SOME THORNS WON’T BE REMOVED.  God always answers prayer.  Maybe not the way we like but He does answer every prayer with a “yes”, “no”, or “not now.”  How He…

A Place God Takes Us

2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-10 – For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises…