If Christ is in you, you are one of His tabernacles, and you are loved.
Psalms 84:1 KJV How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
John 17:23 KJV I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
I think many Christians are blessing the wrong people, thinking they will be blessed in return. As a matter of Biblical fact, I know that many Christians are blessing the wrong people and have been cursed in return.
Psalms 84:4 KJV Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
Psalms 84:5 KJV Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Psalms 84:12 KJV O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
One of my fondest memories as a new Christian was when I went to church where an over 80-year-old man was holding the door for people with a smile on his face and tears in his eyes. Later that day, I learned that he had just become a Born Again Christian.
Psalms 84:10 KJV For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Religious zeal is not always godly zeal and can be rather deadly. The Great Tribulation will be fueled by such zeal.
John 16:1 KJV These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
John 16:2 KJV They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
John 16:3 KJV And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
If you are not convicted by the Holy Spirit over sin, you are not of Christ.
John 16:8 KJV And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
John 16:9 KJV Of sin, because they believe not on me;
John 16:10 KJV Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
John 16:11 KJV Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
The Bible may not answer every single question we face in this life, but the Spirit of truth will.
John 16:12 KJV I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
John 16:13 KJV Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
And, whatever the answer may be, it will always point you to Jesus Christ.
John 16:14 KJV He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John 16:15 KJV All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Many parents sorrow over a wayward child. Do not sorrow, but hope instead. Hope that they are prodigals who will return home one day. Otherwise, you may despair, believing they are hell-bound. If you hold onto hope until the day you die, none of these sorrows will matter when you are with the Lord. Find this hope and joy in the Lord in all things.
John 16:22 KJV And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
There is always hope in Christ, my friends.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 KJV For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
According to the Father's will, not your lottery scratch-off tickets or Bitcoin gains.
John 16:24 KJV Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
If Jesus has prayed for you, you are His.
John 16:26 KJV At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
John 16:27 KJV For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
These prayers are very specific and are for those truly chosen by the Father.
John 17:9 KJV I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
And, nowhere will you read that a person cried out to the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy, grace, and forgiveness, and He refused them because they were not chosen to be saved.
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have always been One, which is why the Shema was recited.
John 16:32 KJV Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Mark 12:29 KJV And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Born-again Christian Americans think they will escape the tribulation, but they won't. Their faith will be tried, and only those in Christ will overcome with the Overcomer.
John 16:33 KJV These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
You can burn the Bible and there will be another to replace it. The Word of God endures forever!
Exodus 34:1 KJV And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
There is a reason that the LORD is mentioned thrice in many passages. The Reason is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Exodus 34:6 KJV And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Thrice is a holy number.
Exodus 34:23 KJV Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Those who truly bow and worship before the LORD are recipients of His grace.
Exodus 34:8 KJV And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Exodus 34:9 KJV And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Except for Trump, he gets to make golden statues of himself.
Exodus 34:13 KJV But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Exodus 34:14 KJV For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Actually,
Exodus 34:17 KJV Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Yet, people bring their scraps to the house of the LORD God today, if that.
Exodus 34:26 KJV The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
The LORD takes His Written Word very seriously, and so should we.
Exodus 34:27 KJV And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
Exodus 34:28 KJV And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
If you have been with God, the people will know. Some will scatter and the others will be in awe.
Exodus 34:29 KJV And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
Exodus 34:30 KJV And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
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Ecclesiastes 9:16 KJV Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 KJV The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18 KJV Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Father, may we give You our best today. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
