Ephesians 5:25-27 (25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; The Saturday Evening Post published an article entitled “The Seven Ages of the Married Cold.” It revealed the reaction of a husband to his wife’s colds during their first seven years of marriage. Year one: “Sugar dumpling, […]
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Psalm 14:1-7 (2) [2] The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. We are so centered on our feelings, our life and our future that we sometimes overlook matters of significance. For example, we speak of the God of hope.
Genesis 3:16-24 (23) [23] Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. The Rejection Hotline is a fake phone number you can give out instead of your real number. Callers hear the Rejection Hotline message and are not-so-subtly informed of your non-interest.
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Genesis 3:1-13 (9) [9] And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Responding to an alarm, police arrived to see a man running out the back door. The suspect got away, but he dropped his cell phone. The police searched the list of contacts on the phone and called
Genesis 1:26-31 (26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. I was
Matthew 2:10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Kings don’t know how to kneel. Others kneel before them. Others praise them, honor them, and bring gifts to them. If a king is humbled it normally means that he has been defeated. For a king to be humbled is to be debased. In our
Luke 2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” The baby God was sought by the humble. The high point in the lives of the shepherds up to
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Luke 1:46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord You probably have seen the bumper stickers, “My child is an Honor Student at *** High School.” Maybe you haven’t seen the bumper sticker that says, “My child could be an Honor Student if he tried harder.” Two sloughs are hanging from a tree limb.
Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. God without embarrassment or excuse gave an explanation of the birth of Jesus which had to sound
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Galatians 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” The idea of slavery is a concept that though understood is foreign to our experience. Total submission and commitment were demanded of a slave. A slave was property rather than a
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