Tag: rest
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Another Evil Queen
1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put him and…
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Four Christian Heart Freedoms
17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.—2 Corinthians 3 I want to ponder four Christian heart freedoms momentarily.
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Praying David’s Soul Prayer
5Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. 6Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your…
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Resting Content
23The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.–Proverbs 19 “I [Jesus]have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
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Rest On What You Know
24A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man [Jesus] is a sinner.” 25He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” 26Then they…
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Best [1-minute read]
22Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the LORD or give them to the LORD as a food offering on the altar.–Leviticus 22 I used to be a youth pastor and I remember people in the church wanting to donate old couches and chairs for…
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Time for Rest [1-minute read]
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. 3And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4Then she shall continue for thirty-three days…
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The Ten
3“You shall have no other gods before me. 4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth… 7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will…
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Resting in God’s Sovereignty
6Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” 7So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his…
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What’s in your hands?
6Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.–Ecclesiastes 4 The word for quietness is linked to both peace and rest. This tells us that there is a peace and quiet that doesn’t really bring rest. Some pursue peace and simply escape their issue or never deal…
Joel M Bradshaw 