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Can you pray the Lord’s Prayer without being a hypocrite? I cannot say “Our Father” if I’ve not been born again. I cannot say “which art In heaven” if I’m focused on things of earth. I cannot say “hallowed be thy name” if I am not honoring God’s name with my life. I cannot say …
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ… — 1 Thessalonians 1:1 When Paul addressed the Thessalonian Christians, he spoke of them living in TWO locations. Geographically, they were living in Thessalonica on earth. Spiritually, they are “in Christ.” Paul …
“…for the cause was from the Lord” — 1 Kings 12:15 “…this thing is from me…” —1 Kings 12:24 The Scripture for our devotion is from the account of the dividing of the Kingdom between Judah and the ten northern tribes (Israel). God was behind the whole thing (1 Kings 12:15). God allowed Jeroboam to …
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? —1 Corinthians 5:6 In 1837 an epidemic broke out among the white traders on the boat St. Peters. While the boat was docked at Fort Clark a chief from the Mandan Indians stole a blanket from an infected deck hand. Officers tried to obtain …
Who hath despised the day of small things? —Zechariah 4:10 A lady in our church recently told me how she got hired for a job she applied for at a restaurant. As she waited for her job interview outside the manager’s office she notice a matchbook cover laying on the floor. She picked it up …
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. —Matthew 5:41 The Roman’s had a law that stated a Roman soldier could compel a Jew to carry an object for one mile. It always imposed an inconvenience. A Jew would have to stop what he was doing… go the mile… then …