The LORD detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights. Proverbs 11:1 (NLT) We hadn’t been in our new home very long when I went down to the basement one evening to retrieve some laundry. To my surprise, I discovered a puddle on the floor and drips coming from under the water meter. The meter looked
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(Article Originally posted 11/18/20) Proverbs 11:1 (NIV) The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. In Acts chapter 5:1- 11 we find the story of a couple who had deceived their church. It’s the account of the fate of Ananias and Sapphira who had sold a piece of land but only gave a portion to the
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By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 (NIV) I was about to board a plane when I spotted them. You couldn’t help but notice them by the way they were dressed and the pattern of their conversations with those around them. I seem to run into them frequently in my
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He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Galatians 3:14 (NIV) Abraham told a lie – a really big one. The story begins in Genesis 12 where God told Abraham to leave his home and family for
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“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” Jonah 3:2 (NIV) The story of Jonah which you’re probably familiar with, has several elements that cause the reader to chuckle. Number 1 on the list, or course, is the great, big fish that swallowed Jonah. But the story also has some things that
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Jeremiah 31:33 (NIV) “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. When I was a kid growing up in church I remember lots of discussions
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Matthew 23:26 (NIV)Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. A conversation that Jesus often had with the Pharisees had to do with their hearts. He was constantly challenging them in areas of hypocrisy. This was because their tendency was often to worry about what others saw on the
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A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1 (NIV) If there’s one thing I hate, it’s when someone says something about me that isn’t true – especially when it paints a less than favorable picture of my character. This happened to me recently, and it sure made me
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Matthew 5:44 (NIV) But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, We have to admit that there are those we love to love. There are those people that we just love to be around and then there are those that we just tolerate and put up with because we share an office with them
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Matthew 5:44-45 (NIV) But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Frankly, my new neighbors scare me. They run a business refurbishing old
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