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Daily Lessons from the Bible.

A Forgotten Face and Voice

People change and time moves us all along so a mistaken identity or a forgotten acquaintance here or there is forgivable. Some of us know a much harder…

Free but Captive

Slavery is incurred by debt in the Roman world; aside from cases of prisoners of war, slavery was a reversable condition. The slave of God is put into…

Trials

“I hope I never have to go through that because I don’t know what I’d do.” This phrase is often heard when someone is remarking on another’s poor…

Present Jesus, Future Heaven

Water will gush forth in the wilderness    and streams in the desert.The burning sand will become a pool,    the thirsty ground bubbling springs.In the haunts where jackals once lay,    grass and reeds and papyrus will…

Who Cares?

Adults almost have an allergy to kindness being shown to them. It’s undignified to have someone care for you, it would seem to some, as if the slightest…

Be Still, Be Victorious

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14 He makes wars cease    to the ends of the earth.He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;    he burns…

Get Wise

Learn to take yes for an answer. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Proverbs 4:7-9 Proverbs tells us very…

Disguises

Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,    but in their hearts they harbor deceit. Proverbs 26:24 Save me, Lord,from lying lipsand from deceitful tongues. Psalm 120:2 As a child, I…

On the Altar

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true…

Bear Fruit

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of…