Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners 13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus t
Read more…Morning Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. (Matt. 3:15) I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not
Read more…February 14 Biblical Love 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 In today's passage, Paul talks about love and its preeminence over speech, knowledge, generosity, and self-sacrifice (vv. 1-3). The apostle then describes the nature of biblical love, which is pat
Read more…Exodus 16 (New International Version, ©2010) Exodus 16 Manna and Quail 1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out
Read more…February 15, 2011 A Recipe for Relationships Micca Monda Campbell "... he loved him as he loved himself." 1 Samuel 20:17b (NIV) Devotion: My mother use to tell me to count myself lucky if I had just one "close friend." That's because close
Read more…Psalm 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David. 1 The fool[a] says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven o
Read more…Jeremiah 17 (New International Version, ©2010) Jeremiah 17 1 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. 2 Even their children remember their altars and A
Read more…Exodus 16 (New International Version, ©2010) Exodus 16 Manna and Quail 1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out
Read more…Morning Thy name is as ointment poured forth. (Song 1:3) Christ … hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. (Eph. 5:2) Unto you therefore which believe he is precious. (1 Pet. 2:7) Go
Read more…Psalm 16 (New International Version, ©2010) Psalm 16 A miktam[a] of David. 1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” 3 I say of the holy people who are in the land
Read more…Psalm 15 (New International Version, ©2010) Psalm 15 A psalm of David. 1 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? 2 The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their h
Read more…February 15, 2011 He is Waiting for You Mary Southerland Today's Truth "Now as they went on their way, He entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home" (Luke 10:38, NIV). Friend To Friend Balance always require
Read more…At the time it didn’t seem like such a big deal. In fact, I thought we handled things quite well given the circumstances. It wasn’t our fault that a drunk driver plowed into our parked car in the middle of the night while we were on vacation more th
Read more…Joshua 22 (New International Version, ©2010) Joshua 22 Eastern Tribes Return Home 1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded,
Read more…Exodus 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Exodus 14 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. 3 Pharao
Read more…Genesis 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Genesis 14 Abram Rescues Lot 1 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,[a] Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera king of So
Read more…February 14, 2011 Be Mine Rachel Olsen "My lover is mine, and I am his." Song of Solomon 2:16 (NLT) Devotion: While I spent the last few months thinking a lot about Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, greeting card writers likely spent it focu
Read more…Proverbs 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Proverbs 14 1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. 2 Whoever fears the LORD walks uprightly, but those who despise him are devious in their ways. 3
Read more…Researcher Discovers that Black Gospel Musicians Tackled Civil Rights Issues on "B" Sides of Vintage Records by News Release : Feb 11, 2011 : Baylor University "A surprisingly large number of "B" sides on old 45s of gospel songs deal with civil righ
Read more…Today's Reading: Psalm 119:89-176; 1 Corinthians 8 Today's Thoughts: Unconditional Promises For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they
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