Tag: party

• Another Prodigal Proverb

  3He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.–Proverbs 29

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  August 29, 2025

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• Empty-Handed

  16Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed: 17Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.–Deuteronomy…

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  July 31, 2024

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• BBQ With God [1-minute read]

  16And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the LORD’s.–Leviticus 3 This was a time when eating meat was a special treat, and so God demanded to be not only invited to the cookout, but even provided the grill at His house.  If any…

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  January 27, 2024

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• Outside-In or Inside-Out?

  6There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!” 7You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.–Psalm 4 David pictures some party goers grumbling about God. They were most likely many cups of wine…

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  June 14, 2023

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• Funeral Perspective

  2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. 4The heart of the wise is in…

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  June 7, 2023

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• Don’t Live for Your Appetite

  7All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.–Ecclesiastes 6 I remember a time when my wife took me to a sushi buffet. It was expensive and so I ate until I was stuffed. I was so full that it hurt. I thought I even was going to get…

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  June 6, 2023

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