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…they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. —Judges 1:17 After Judah and Simeon “utterly destroyed” Zephath, they renamed it “Hormah.” Hormah has two meanings: (1) “utter destruction,” (2) “devoted to God.” These two meanings compliment each other. God commanded Israel to “utterly …
Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. —Luke 11:28 When a manufacturer makes a machine it also provides an instruction manual on how to operate the machine. When God made man He also provided an “instruction manual” telling how man was designed to be operated—The Bible. What happens when you …
“And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.” —Luke 22:61-62 Oh, that “look” Peter received from the Lord. It was not a look of disgust, …
Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. —Psalm 75:6-7 Promotion in this world has little to do with merit. Not even in the religious world. Some of the best preachers hold forth in obscure places, …
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. —Romans 1:16 When I run in a 5K race, I always wear a T-shirt with a Christian message on it. I pin my …
We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. —2 Corinthians 4:7 Here is something for you to consider: “You are too self-conscious. Self-love will let you become sentimental about yourself and overly concerned with your problems. Soon all this worry will cloud …