For many people who have been in a traditional church for much of their life, these will be familiar words, but for some modern day Christians they will not. The Lord could not have been clearer in His warning against idols.
This is the first in a series of studies about “The Life of Joseph”. The Life of Joseph – Day 1 Genesis 30:22-24 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” She named […]
How often do we sing songs, in church, or at home, throughout the day, without really thinking about the words? In this verse the psalmist is speaking to his own soul to lift the focus. At the same time he is encouraging all of us to sing from our hearts.
The mysteries of God have been hidden since Adam and Eve were banished from the garden, but that has not stopped people from thinking they know Him and how He thinks. Many scientists, historians and theologians have spent many hours trying to understand the mysteries in the universe God created.
As a child in Sunday school I was always encouraged to learn a Bible verse each week. As I remember some of those verses even today more than 70 years on, I realise that it was a good thing to do. Jesus encouraged His disciples to remember what He said.
If we read something silently, we take it in, just using our one sense – sight. But if we speak what we are reading, then we use a second sense, - hearing. The fact is that we remember much more what we have read if we use two senses instead of one.
The Old Testament is a recurring cycle of Israel turning to God, then as things improved, or the next generation grew up, forgetting Him, turning to their own ideas and failing once more, until He raised up a new prophet to turn the hearts of the people back to Him.
We start this month with the words of the prophet about the most famous baby ever born. Even people who do not follow Jesus will be celebrating His birth this month. It is sad that in many places, this month has become one when Santa is celebrated more than Jesus!
The best surprise for Adam was when he woke from sleep and SUDDENLY met Eve. Our verse today tells us that God decided that man would be lonely, so He put him to sleep and performed the first ever surgical operation by taking a rib from Adam and making Eve.
As we read the gospels, there seem at certain moments to be too many Marys! Three of them are mentioned in this verse. So we will attempt this month to decipher which Mary is which and look at the roles they played in and around the life of Jesus Christ.
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