Tag: friendship
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Crucifixion Thoughts
33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36And someone ran and…
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Brief Thoughts From the Crucifixion
33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36And someone ran and…
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First and Last [1-minute read]
33And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first,…
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Bring Good [1-minute read]
[12] She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.—Proverbs 31 The context here is the wife of noble character as described originally by ancient King Lemuel and his mother. My thought is that this verse contains good principles for relationships.
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Obedience and Blessing [1-minute read]
42According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. 43And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses blessed them.–Exodus 39 God commanded, Moses relayed those commands, and the people obeyed. Their obedience led to…
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Companions
63I am a companion of all who fear you,of those who keep your precepts.–Psalm 119 I journey with all kinds of people. I keep many people on my radar and when I see them I connect with them. If I see you at a church service or at the store then you are important to…
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Auto Repair and Prayer
9If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.–Proverbs 28 I used to own an 1985 Chevy Astro Van that I called “The Beast”. The Beast always had something wrong with it. And at some point, my more mechanically-minded friends told me to pick up a Chilton Manual…
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The Great Lesson
12So teach us to number our daysthat we may get a heart of wisdom.–Psalm 90 Here is a psalm from Moses. Before our selected verse, he had been talking about how we are but ‘dust’ that lives a short life. This psalm says that many make it to 70, or maybe even 80. Deuteronomy 34…
Joel M Bradshaw 