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But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:14 NIV I live in a place where one learns to understand the value of carefully navigating the road you are on and the peril of seemingly small deviations in speed or direction from that path. If you are…

What comes to mind when you hear the word “helper”? What it has come to mean in the English language is: a relatively unskilled worker who assists a skilled worker by manual labor. A phrase of yet sharper meaning is “the help.” This means people of lower social standing who do ‘the dirty work’ while…

Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. Philippians 3:2 ESV Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. Matthew 7:6 ESV I begin to understand the references…

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God,    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7 rather, he made himself nothing    by taking the very nature of a servant,    being made in human likeness.8 And being found in appearance as a man,    he humbled himself    by becoming obedient…

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;    his mercies never come to an end;23 they are new every morning;    great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV These are verses we like. The apply to us today powerfully and clearly. They also applied to Jesus in His time of temptation where he suffered and the enemy tempted Him to fulfill natural…

In the letters of the New Testament it can be easy to gloss over those parts that are greetings at the beginning or ending of each. Much in the same way that sticking with it when you read through a genealogy or other seemingly dry part of the Bible, there is much that may be…

In a broken and divided land, Hezekiah reaches out to all the people to come together to remember God and the salvation that he provided. Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to observe the Passover…

Look for a moment at the start of the reign of Hezekiah, King of Judah. 1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king… 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. 3 In the first month of the first year of his…

  You will be righteous, LORD, even if I bring a case against You. Yet, I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do the treacherous live at ease? Jeremiah 12:1 God is accessible but we should understand how to approach Him. God is sovereign. He does not…

Our area has been hanging onto just enough warmth to leave the hope and possibility of healthy plant life–no frost has arrived to officially announce winter is coming. Given the continued possibility of plant life my wife has been asking me to keep up on watering our garden and potted plants. I have protested, saying…