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The Nearness of the Lord The Lord is at hand. —Philippians 4:5 Our Lord is not afar off. I may meet Him at anytime. Therefore I must always conduct myself as if the next knock at my door will be Him. When I am walking, I must assume that He will meet me just around …
A Word for the Weary “…how to speak a word in season to him that is weary” —Isaiah. 50:4 The prophet Isaiah dealt with the nation Israel during a time when they were taken captive by the Babylonians. They were discouraged, distressed, and downtrodden. What could he say to these weary people to help them? …
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day If you have read Phil Stringer’s book, “Faithful Baptist Witness,” which outlines independent baptists by doctrine from the time of Christ down through the ages, you may be familiar with his claim that “Saint Patrick”, was indeed a saint (as in being saved), but was in fact likely a baptist missionary! …
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. —Matthew 22:37-38 It’s finally baseball season! Yay! Go “M’s!” I confess… I love baseball (and football!). In fact I love sports. While I’m not very good at …
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life… —Luke 21:34 Beware of overcharging your heart! Your lifestyle and eating habits may be putting too much stress on your heart. Abusing your body by overeating (“surfeiting”) will not only wear out your body, …
The LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. —Judges 7:2 When an army is about to go into battle, military commanders would prefer to have more than …