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03/22/2022 – “My Son, the Messiah” – Ezra 7:27-30 / 1 John 4:10 – “Love consists in this: not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”


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Quick FYI: “Ezra was the great grandson of Hilkiah the priest, who, 160 years earlier had directed king Josiah’s reformation (Ezra 1:1; II Kings 22:8); a most worthy descendant …

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03/18/2022 – Day 019 – Job – Chapters 5 & 6 / “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”


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Let’s look at Matthew Henry’s commentary on this reading:

Verse 6:24: “Job’s not asking their help did not excuse them from offering it when he needed it and it …

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03/15/2022 – “The Most Dangerous Babysitter” / Personal comment: The depravity of man apparently has no limits…


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03/13/2022 – “The Gospel – Angel Connection”


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The Gospel-Angel Connection

Friday, March 11, 2022

On a lonely night in the fields of Bethlehem there suddenly appeared an angelic host above the shepherds declaring the Good News! Now, imagine if …

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03/08/2022 – “What’s Outside & What’s Inside?” – Deuteronomy 31:6


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What’s Outside & What’s Inside

Monday, March 7, 2022

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; …

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03/01/2022 – “The Wisdom of Fruitflies” // “For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools… Romans 1: 21-32


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The fear of the Lord should have come over us. May God have mercy on us. Soli Deo Gloria!

THE WISDOM OF FRUITFLIES

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Shalom, to you my …

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02/23/2022 – Daily Devotional: “The Sunday morning equation.”


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The Sunday Morning EquationWednesday, February 23, 2022Algebra is the search for X, the missing factor. There’s one side of the equation and there’s the other; then you have to find …

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02/22/2022 – Daily devotional: “Forgiveness & Sabbath”


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Forgiveness & Sabbath

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Messiah died on the sixth day on purpose because it was the eve of the Sabbath. He died on the very eve of the Sabbath, …

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02/17/2022 – “…But the key here is not that those who are healed worship the Lord, but that those who worship the Lord are healed. There is healing in worshiping the Lord…”


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The Worship Healing

Thursday, February 17, 2022

In the Greek New Testament, the word “therapeuo” means “to heal”. But it also means “to adore” or “to worship”. This is amazing because two …

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02/14/2022 – “Joy as it is in Heaven”


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Joy as it is in Heaven

Monday, February 14, 2022

The words “heaven” or “heavenly” are often associated with feelings of pleasure. Sayings like “I’m in seventh heaven” and “It’s so heavenly” …

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