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Revelation 3:3 – “Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.” (NLT) This is part of a letter to the church in Sardis, a city at the …
Revelation 2:7 – “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” The beginning chapters of the book of Revelation contain letters to the seven …
Psalm 128 :5,6 – “The Lord bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!” Years ago I developed a document called The Blessing. It is a compilation of scriptures that speak blessing …
Hosea 10:9 – “O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah; there they stood. The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.” The prophet Hosea in today’s One Year Bible reading is possibly referring to an incident in Judges chapter 19. A Levite was traveling with his concubine …
Psalm 126:5,6 “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalm 26 is about the pilgrims returning from exile to Jerusalem (v.1). There is much laughter and joy as a result (v.2). Our …
Hosea 4:12 – “My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, and they have played the harlot against their God.” Today’s Old Testament One Year Bible reading is in keeping with the entire theme of the book of Hosea. Hosea …
Hosea 2:15,16 – “ I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. ‘And it shall be, in that day,’ Says the …
Daniel 12:3,10 – “Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever… Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.” Today’s …
1 John 3:8 – “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” Today’s New Testament One Year Bible reading is full of great teaching. It begins by telling us one …
Daniel 9:20-23 – “Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the …