Tag: king
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Intentional About Temptation
1My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;2keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; 3bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.–Proverbs 7 Proverbs 7 is a very sexual chapter. And you could argue that nobody knew that temptation…
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Choosing Man, Rejecting God
17Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah 18and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’ 19But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of…
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Tall, Humble, and Handsome
1There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. 2And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he.…
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Balaam’s Star
17“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.–Numbers 24
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Criminal
39One of the criminals who were hanged railed at [Jesus], saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but…
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Messianic Moment
6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness; 7you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions–Psalm 45 Psalm 45 reads like romantic chapter from the Song of Solomon. In fact, many…
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If All We Had Was Psalm 2
1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, 3“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in…
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Are You Teachable?
13Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.–Ecclesiastes 4 The biblical Solomon started off as a young man asking for wisdom and ended up with this description… King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.…
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Like a Child
15Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”–Mark 10, part 1 Children have basic characteristics that contrast with adults. These three should describe you. If they don’t, you have major work to do. As citizens in the communities of the Kingdom of the…
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An Impressive Beginning
1There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. 2And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he.…
Joel M Bradshaw 