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 Worthy Brief - October 31, 2024 God is reaching all people -- and you are part of His plan! Jonah 1:14, 16 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, "We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You." Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows. While most read the story of Jonah focusing on Jonah's journey, I want to pause and examine the lives of the pagan sailors. What a journey they were on! We see the hand of God touching them providentially through Jonah's disobedience. Talk about God bringing good from evil. Here He draws them into a desperate sea voyage and almost incidentally reveals to them the impotence of their gods, who have no power whatsoever to stop the deadly storm. In their total helplessness the God of Heaven then introduces Himself through his runaway prophet. And suddenly, the sailors are...

Today's Daily Encounter Thursday, October 31, 2024 God's Patience and Mercy I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him, even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief. Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and love that come from Christ Jesus.1 Just as a child must learn to obey, God's children must also learn to walk in His ways. He is pleased to see us do the right thing and wants to help us when we mess up. Paul appreciated God's patience, and his life demonstrated that. Because the Heavenly Father is slow to anger, unbelievers have a much greater chance of salvation (1 Timothy 1:16). In Romans 2:4, Paul affirms that God's goodness and mercy lead us to repentance. But in the next verse, he warns the stubborn-hearted that they will...

Amir Tsarfati on X: ""The Bible says that hope is not something; it’s someone. He is our hope.” - Amir Tsarfati https://t.co/YVh6YA8yjF" / X

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 True Vine Devotional for October 31 “ I Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide: That Whatsoever Ye Shall Ask of the Father in My Name, He May Give It You ” - John 15:16 In the first verse of our parable, Christ revealed Himself as the true Vine, and the Father as the Husbandman, and asked for Himself and the Father a place in the heart. Here, in the closing verse, He sums up all His teaching concerning Himself and the Father in the twofold purpose for which He had chosen them. With reference to Himself, the Vine, the purpose was, that they should bear fruit. With reference to the Father, it was, that whatsoever they should ask in His name, should be done of the Father in Heaven. As fruit is the great proof of the true relation to Christ, so prayer is of our relation to the Father. A fruitful abiding in the Son, and prevailing prayer to the Father, are the two great factors in the true Christian life. That whatsoever ye shall ask of the Fat...

Streams in the Desert Devotional for October 31 "Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God" (Romans 8:26-27). This is the deep mystery of prayer. This is the delicate divine mechanism which words cannot interpret, and which theology cannot explain, but which the humblest believer knows even when he does not understand. Oh, the burdens that we love to bear and cannot understand! Oh, the inarticulate out-reachings of our hearts for things we cannot comprehend! And yet we know they are an echo from the throne and a whisper from the heart of God. It is often a groan rather than a song, a burden rather than a buoyant wing. But it is a blessed burden, and it is a groan whose undertone is praise a...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for October 31 Tozer in the Morning The Divine Illuminator To know God in the scriptural meaning of the term is to enter into experience of Him. It never means to know about. It is not a knowledge mediated by the intellect, but an unmediated awareness experienced by the soul on a plane too high for the mind to reach. Where then is the place of the intellect in Christian experience? And why waste time thinking when we know beforehand that thought cannot bring us to the knowledge that is most of all to be desired, the knowledge of God? The answer is that the whole biblical revelation is addressed to the intellect and through the intellect reaches the will, the seat of the moral life; if the will responds in repentance and obedience, the Holy Spirit illuminates the penitent heart and reveals Christ, the image of God, to it. What began as an appeal to reason (Isaiah 1:18) ends in a spiritual experience wholly above reason Tozer in the Eve...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for October 31 “My grace is sufficient for thee; for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9) God allowed the crisis to close around Jacob on the night when he bowed at Peniel in supplication to bring him to the place where he could take hold of God as he never would have done; and from that narrow pass of peril Jacob came enlarged in his faith and knowledge of God, and in the power of a new and victorious life. He had to compel David, by a long and painful discipline of years, to learn the almighty power and faithfulness of his God, and to grow up into the established principles of faith and godliness, which were indispensable for his subsequent and glorious career as the king of Israel. Nothing but the extremities in which Paul was constantly placed could ever have taught him, and taught the church through him, the full meaning of the great promise he so learned to claim, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” And nothing but o...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for October 31 Morning “Through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.” Acts 11:1-4 , Acts 11:18-30 Peter had baptized the Gentile household of Cornelius, and so novel an action could not pass unnoticed: the report soon reached the apostles at Jerusalem, and Peter was called upon to explain; he did so, and all were satisfied, and rejoiced in what the Lord had done. Acts 11:1-3 It would seem that a number of Jewish Christians attached an undue importance to circumcision, and made a kind of party in the church. The Holy Spirit does not conceal the faults and mistakes of good men; no histories and biographies are so impartial as those written by inspiration. Peter was no pope, for the common disciples called him to account; but he did not become angry, or claim to be infallible. Acts 11:4 See here a beautiful example of humility and patience. Peter had been directed by the Lord in what he did, and the act...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for October 31 “Immortal Till Work Done ” - Psalms 118:17 A fair assurance this! It was no doubt based upon a promise, inwardly whispered in the psalmist’s heart, which he seized upon and enjoyed. Is my case like that of David? Am I depressed because the enemy affronts me? Are there multitudes against me and few on my side? Does unbelief bid me lie down and die in despair-a defeated, dishonored man? Do my enemies begin to dig my grave? What then? Shall I yield to the whisper of fear, and give up the battle, and with it give up all hope? Far from it. There is life in me yet: "I shall not die." Vigor will return and remove my weakness: "I shall live." The LORD lives, and I shall live also. My mouth shall again be opened: "I shall declare the works of Jehovah." Yes, and I shall speak of the present trouble as another instance of the wonder-working faithfulness and love of the LORD my God. Th...

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 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 31st October 2024 10/31 Haggai 2:9 9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.'" This is one of the many prophetic utterances that have an intermediate and an ultimate fulfillment. The Jews had just begun to return from captivity. They were convicted by Haggai's prophecies to stop working on their own houses and finish the house of the LORD. They had laid the foundation but were disappointed as it seemed like nothing compared to what Solomon had built (Ezra 3:12). That is when God encouraged them with our verse for today. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former. Centuries later, Herod the Great would embark on a remodeling project that would bring these words to pass. During those centuries they had to hang on to that promise by faith, believing what they did not yet see. But this was only the intermediate ...

'What You Should Say' — Luke 12:8; Luke 12:11-12 NIV (God's Holy Fire)

'You Who Serve' (Passion for Praise)

'A Clean Mind' — Ephesians 5:5 (Praying with Paul)

Quotemeal for Thursday, October 31, 2024

'Don’t Just Do Something; Stand There' — Psalm 46:10-11 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

1 Corinthians 10:31 — Today's Verse for Thursday, October 31, 2024

"Belonging to God" — 1 John 4:4-6 (Together in Christ)

"Your Will, Not Mine!" — Mark 14:36 (What Jesus Did!)

The Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength

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The Attitude of Christ

 1 Peter 5:8-9 Complete Jewish Bible 8 Stay sober, stay alert! Your enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Stand against him, firm in your trust, knowing that your brothers throughout the world are going through the same kinds of suffering. https://biblegateway.com

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 Today's Daily EncounterWednesday, October 30, 2024 Give Everything to God Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.1   Our Heavenly Father is interested in every detail of our lives. If we want Him to work in a particular area (relationships, finances, vocation, habits, or anything else) we must be willing to give Him what He asks of us.  We may believe that we have no attachments standing between us and the Lord, but He knows our hearts. Ask Him to guide you and help you get to a situation where you can say, "Lord, if that's what You desire, I'll give it to You."  It's hard to be obedient without reservation if we cling too tightly to something. The Lord wants us to be consecrated exclusively to Him. You may have a multitude of things that God has blessed you with, but the moment any of them control you, His work in your life will be blocked. But when you...

 This Day's Verse 30th October 2024 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Luke 10:2 The English Standard Version https://thisdaysthought.org/

 This Day's Thought 30th October 2024 We Christians look to the future even more than to the present; it is part of our new nature to do so. Henry Liddon https://thisdaysthought.org/

Hebrew Words - IFCJ

New Names - Holy Land Moments Devotional

 True Vine Devotional for October 30 “ I Chose You, and Appointed You, That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide ”  - John 15:16 There are some fruits that will not keep. One sort of pears or apples must be used at once; another sort can be kept over till next year. So there is in Christian work some fruit that does not last. There may be much that pleases and edified, and yet there is no permanent impression made on the power of the world or the state of the Church. On the other hand, there is work that leaves its mark for generations or for eternity. In it the power of God makes itself lastingly felt. It is the fruit of which Paul speaks when he describes the two styles of ministry: “My preaching was not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstrations of the Spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” The more of man with his wisdom and power, the less of stability; the more of God’s Spir...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for October 30 "Let us run with patience" (Hebrews 12:1).  O run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch of the invalid. Yet, I do not think the invalid’s patience the hardest to achieve.  There is a patience which I believe to be harder-- the patience that can run. To lie down in the time of grief, to be quiet under the stroke of adverse fortune, implies a great strength; but I know of something that implies a strength greater still: It is the power to work under a stroke; to have a great weight at your heart and still to run; to have a deep anguish in your spirit and still perform the daily task. It is a Christlike thing!  Many of us would nurse our grief without crying if we were allowed to nurse it. The hard thing is that most of us are called to exe...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for October 30 “Dwell deep” (Jeremiah 49:8) God’s presence blends with every other thought and consciousness, flowing sweetly and evenly through our business plans, our social converse our heart’s affections, our manual toil, our entire life, blending with all, consecrating all, and conscious through all, like the fragrance of a flower, or the presence of a friend consciously near, and yet not hindering in the least the most intense and constant preoccupation of the hands and brain. How beautiful the established habit of this unceasing communion and dependence, amid and above all thoughts and occupations! How lovely to see a dear old saint folding away his books at night and humbly saying, “Lord Jesus, things are still just the same between us,” and the falling asleep in His keeping. So let us be stayed upon Him. Let us grow into Him with all the root and fibers of our being. He will not get tired of our friendship. He will not want to put us off...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for October 30 Morning  “What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.”  We have now to read a chapter peculiarly interesting to us Gentiles, because it shows how the middle wall of partition between Jews and Gentiles, which our Lord broke down by his death, was in due time practically removed by the calling of a Gentile household to the faith of Jesus. Before this time only Jews, proselytes, and Samaritans, all branches of the older family, had been converted, but now a Roman captain and his house were to be saved.  Acts 10:1-23  Acts 10:4  Yet something more was wanted, and he must send for one who would tell him of Jesus, the Saviour.  Acts 10:7 , Acts 10:8  The tanner’s trade was greatly despised, but this did not prejudice the centurion. Better to learn the way of God from one who lodged with a poor tanner than remain in ignorance. Meanwhile God was preparing Peter to comply with the...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for October 30 “Thorough Cleansing ”  - Ezekiel 36:25 What an exceeding joy is this! He who has purified us with the blood of Jesus will also cleanse us by the water of the Holy Spirit. God hath said it, and so it must be, "Ye shall be clean." LORD, we feel and mourn our uncleanness, and it is cheering to be assured by Thine own mouth that we shall be clean. Oh, that Thou wouldst make a speedy work of it!  He will deliver us from our worst sins. The uprisings of unbelief and the deceitful lusts which war against the soul, the vile thoughts of pride, and the suggestions of Satan to blaspheme the sacred name-all these shall be so purged away as never to return.  He will also cleanse us from all our idols, whether of gold or of clay: our impure loves and our excessive love of that which in itself is pure. That which we have idolized shall either be broken from us or we shall be broken off from it.  It is God wh...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for October 30 Tozer in the Morning THE HUMBLE PLACE I have met two classes of Christians; the proud who imagine they are humble, and the humble who are afraid they are proud! There should be another class: the self-forgetful men and women who leave the whole thing in the hands of Christ and refuse to waste any time trying to make themselves good. They will reach the goal far ahead of the rest. The truly humble person does not expect to find virtue in himself, and when he finds none he is not disappointed. He knows that any good deed he may do is the result of God's working within him. When this belief becomes so much a part of any man or woman that it operates as a kind of unconscious reflex, he or she is released from the burden of trying to live up to the opinion they hold of themselves. They can relax and count upon the Holy Spirit to fulfill the moral law within them. Let us never forget that the promises of God are made to the h...

God Has Not Given Us a Spirit of Fear | 2 Timothy 1:7 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 30th October 2024 10/30 Zephaniah 3:5 5 The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame. The LORD listed the sins of the city of Jerusalem. They would not listen, accept correction, or draw near to God. Her officials were described as lions, her judges as wolves, and her prophets as fickle, treacherous men. Her priests profaned what was holy and did violence to the Scriptures. Does any of that sound familiar? Yet, the LORD within her is righteous. Many will blame all that we see on the LORD, when much of the sorrow is the result of the acts of evil men. Their actions do not reflect on God. He is never unjust. Every morning He shows forth His justice. Look at the consequences of man's sin and you will see a bit of His justice. What a person sows, he or she will also reap. Each dawn God does not fail. He is always there for us. He is keeping a r...

'Watch Over You' (Passion for Praise)

Quotemeal for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Matthew 5:5 — Daily Wisdom for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

"If Possible?" — Mark 14:35 (What Jesus Did!)

'A Clean Mouth' — Ephesians 5:3-4 (Praying with Paul)

'Hear What the Spirit Says!' — Revelation 3:6 NIV (God's Holy Fire)

Proverbs 10:30 — Today's Verse for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

"Four Relationship Commitments" — Ephesians 6:16-20 (Together in Christ)

'Worry Never Accomplishes Anything' — Luke 12:25-27 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

Israel War Crisis Response - IFCJ

Walk In Love

Changed by Grace

Ephesians 2:8-9 Complete Jewish Bible 8 For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift. 9 You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast. https://biblegateway.com

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 Worthy Brief - October 29, 2024 Wake up! Jonah 1:4,5 But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep. It must have been a bad storm. These men were experienced, hardened sailors who had seen it all at sea. If they were scared, this could have been the first "perfect storm" since Noah's flood. So they started the first interfaith prayer meeting in the Bible, each man crying out to his own god.  As the ship groaned and creaked in howling wind and massive waves, and the men threw cargo overboard in a desperate attempt to save it, where was Jonah? On deck helping them? Confidently praying to His own God? Shaking with fear and paralyzed with deep conviction? ...

 Today's Daily Encounter Tuesday, October 29, 2024 God Desires To Have A Relationship With Us What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.1 To have a relationship with God, we must strive to know how He thinks, and what delights or saddens Him. That is why he gave us the Bible, an inexhaustible treasury where we can learn about his thoughts, ways, and priorities. He has also given us an even greater gift: the Holy Spirit, who resides within every follower of Christ. In this way, God's very presence is always available, not only to reveal the truth of the Holy Scriptures, but also to guide, teach, and console us. The fact that we have the mind of God on paper is great news. As sensitive as I try to be to the voice of the Holy Spirit, s...

 This Day's Verse 29th October 2024 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 The Revised Standard Version

 This Day's Thought 29th October 2024 When the spirit of prayer began to be lost, then forms of prayer were invented, and, I believe, the same observation will hold good as to preaching. George Whitefield https://thisdaysthought.org/

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We’re Always on God’s Mind - Holy Land Moments Devotional

 The Way by Kevin Pauley Paper Route Psychiatry Date Posted: October 29, 2024 Hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. - 1 Peter 4:8 A young boy was once offered a paper route. It didn’t pay much money, but he knew having a job would build good character, so he took it, good character being important to fourth graders. He began lingering on the front porch of one of his customers who was an elderly widow. She’d watch for him to come down her street, and by the time he’d pedaled up to her house, there’d be a slushy bottle of Coke waiting for him. He’d sit and drink while she talked. That was the understanding – he drank, she talked. At first, she talked mostly about her dead husband, Roger. “Roger and I went grocery shopping this morning over to the market,” she’d say. The first time she said that, Coke went up the boy’s nose. That was back in the days when Coke going up your nose wasn’t a crime, just uncomfortable. He went home and told his f...

 True Vine Devotional for October 29 “ Ye Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You, and Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit ” - John 15:16 The branch does not choose the vine, or decide on which vine it will grow. The vine brings forth the branch, as and where it will. Even so Christ says: “Ye did not choose me, but I chose you.” But some will say is not just this the difference between the branch in the natural and in the spiritual world, that man has a will and a power of choosing, and that it is in virtue of his having decided to accept Christ, his having chosen Him as Lord, that he is now a branch? This is undoubtedly true. And yet it is only half a truth. The lesson of the Vine, and the teaching of our Lord, points to the other half, the deeper, the divine side of our being in Christ. If He had not chosen us, we had never chosen Him. Our choosing Him was the result of His choosing us, and taking hold of us. In the very nature of things, it is His prerogative as Vine to ch...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for October 29 "He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver" (Malachi 3:3). Our Father, who seeks to perfect His saints in holiness, knows the value of the refiner’s fire. It is with the most precious metals that the assayer takes the most pains, and subjects them to the hot fire, because such fires melt the metal, and only the molten mass releases its alloy or takes perfectly its new form in the mould. The old refiner never leaves his crucible, but sits down by it, lest there should be one excessive degree of heat to mar the metal. But as soon as he skims from the surface the last of the dross, and sees his own face reflected, he puts out the fire. -- Arthur T. Pierson "He sat by a fire of seven-fold heat, As He watched by the precious ore, And closer He bent with a searching gaze As He heated it more and more. He knew He had ore that could stand the test, And He wanted the finest gold To mould as a crown for the King to wear, Set ...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for October 29 Tozer in the Morning MORE THAN PARDON It is a fact that the New Testament message of good news, "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures," embraces a great deal more than an offer of free pardon. Surely it is a message of pardon-and for that may God be praised-but it is also a message of repentance! It is a message of atonement-but it is also a message of temperance and righteousness and godliness in this present world! It tells us that we must accept a Savior-but it tells us also that we must deny ungodliness and worldly lusts! The gospel message includes the idea of amendment-of separation from the world, of cross-carrying and loyalty to the kingdom of God even unto death! These are all corollaries of the gospel and not the gospel itself; but they are part and parcel of the total message which we are commissioned to declare. No man has authority to divide the truth and preach only a part of it. To d...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for October 29 “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you” (John 16:23) Two men go to the bank cashier, both holding in their hands a piece of paper. One is dressed in expensive style, and presents a gloved and jeweled hand; the other is a rough, unwashed workman. The first is rejected with a polite sentence, and the second receives a thousand dollars over the counter. What is the difference? The one presented a worthless name; the other handed in a note endorsed by the president of the bank. And so the most virtuous moralist will be turned away from the gates of mercy, and the vilest sinner welcomed in if he presents the name of Jesus. What shall we give to infinite purity and righteousness? Jesus! No other gift is worthy for God to receive. And He has given Him to us for this very end, to give back as our substitute and satisfaction. And He has “testified” of this gift what He has of no other, namely, that in Him He is ...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for October 29 Morning “Behold he prayeth.” Acts 9:1-22 Acts 9:1 , Acts 9:2 His very breath was threatening; all Judea was not a large enough hunting ground for him. What a rebel he was! What a saint he became! How mighty is divine grace! Acts 9:5 What surprise filled the soul of Saul when he perceived that the Nazarene whom he had hated was really divine. Little had he dreamed of persecuting the Son of God, he thought he was crushing out a troublesome imposture. O Lord, open the eyes of any other sincere bigot who may be persecuting thy cause without knowing it to be thine! Acts 9:6 He rises a changed man, he has seen the Lord and is conquered; he has become the willing servant of Jesus whom he persecuted. His hectoring has ended, his submission is complete. Acts 9:7-9 And no wonder. The light had blinded him, and the revelation from heaven so possessed him that he forgot everything else. Acts 9:10-14 Do we wonder th...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for October 29 “Maintain the Difference ” - Exodus 8:23 Pharaoh has a people, and the LORD has a people. These may dwell together and seem to fare alike, but there is a division between them, and the LORD will make it apparent. Not forever shall one event happen alike to all, but there shall be great difference between the men of the world and the people of Jehovah’s choice. This may happen in the time of judgments, when the LORD becomes the sanctuary of His saints. It is very conspicuous in the conversion of believers when their sin is put away, while unbelievers remain under condemnation. From that moment they become a distinct race, come under a new discipline, and enjoy new blessings. Their homes, henceforth, are free from the grievous swarms of evils which defile and torment the Egyptians. They are kept from the pollution of lust, the bite of care, the corruption of falsehood, and the cruel torment of hatred, whi...

Darkness and Light | Ephesians 5:7-11 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 29th October 2024 10/29 Habakkuk 2:20 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him." In the midst of rebuking the people for their sin of idolatry, Habakkuk reminded them that the LORD is in his holy temple. In the temple in Jerusalem over the Ark of the Covenant was the manifest presence of the LORD. It was not an image of metal, stone, or wood. It was a ball of light that was referred to as the Shekinah. Though God's presence is everywhere at all times, this manifestation of His presence reminded the people of Israel that they were God's people, chosen to serve a holy God. Habakkuk's words should have reminded the people of the vanity of idols and the power of God to watch over the soon coming captivity and return. Those words should remind us today that God is on the throne of heaven. All things are in His hands. The meaningless things we turn to, programs, formulas, and methods are nothing if they...

"Stay with Me!" — Mark 14:34 (What Jesus Did!)

"Stand Your Ground!" — Ephesians 6:13-15 (Together in Christ)

Hebrews 10:29 — Today's Verse for Tuesday, October 29, 2024

'God Rules: Praise, Serve, and Honor Him' — Revelation 19:5-6 NCV (Spiritual Warfare)

Quotemeal for Tuesday, October 29, 2024

'Imitating God' — Ephesians 4:29-5:2 (Praying with Paul)

'You are My God!' (Passion for Praise)

'I Know What You Are Thinking' — Ezekiel 11:5 NIV (God's Holy Fire)

Revelation 1:3 — Daily Wisdom for Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Look At The Stars

Liar, Liar Pants on Fire

Update 8 – Several brands recall products containing mustard because they may be contaminated with peanut | Food Standards Agency

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Eternal Consequences of Critical Choices

 

 Romans 12:1 Complete Jewish Bible 12 I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you. https://biblegateway.com

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 Worthy Brief - October 28, 2024 Have the heart of God! John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. For the next week or so we'll be looking closely at the life of Jonah the prophet. Jonah was told to "preach against the city of Nineveh", that was in the ancient kingdom of Assyria. Nineveh was a major city on the banks of the Tigris River about 500 miles north and east of where Jonah was; located on a contemporary map in modern Iraq, about 300 miles north of Baghdad. Archaeologists have found the ruins of ancient Nineveh right outside the Iraqi city of Mosul. When God said Nineveh was wicked, he wasn’t kidding. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, the most powerful empire in the world in that day. The Assyrians had a reputation for cruelty that is hard for us to fathom. Their specialty was brutality of a gross and disgusting kind. When their armies captured a city or country, unspeakable atrocit...

 Today's Daily Encounter Monday, October 28, 2024 The Beauty of God's Grace Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.1 Grace is much more than a prayer before eating: the word communicates the idea of blessing. As believers, we are the recipients of grace, which is poured out upon us by our Heavenly Father. Let's see how we experience this amazing benefit of His love. God's favor is seen in our salvation (Ephesians 2:8), an undeserved and unearned blessing. Nothing in us motivated God to save us. He acted out of His goodness; sacrificing His Son Jesus Christ in His place. In this way, we were able to be reconciled to the Father. When we are saved, we move from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:12-13). Here, we live out our new identity as children of...

 This Day's Verse 28th October 2024 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! Psalm 119:2 The New King James Version https://thisdaysthought.org/

 This Day's Thought 28th October 2024 We must resort to our Lord Jesus Christ whose office is to write the things in our hearts which God had written in stones. John Calvin https://thisdaysthought.org/

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