Tag: thankful
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Goliath, Part 1
The David and Goliath narrative leaves me thankful for 10 things. 1-5 today. I weave the text from 1 Samuel 17 in italics through my points below. 3And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. 4And there…
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Bring Blessing [1-minute read]
25Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,and one who waters will himself be watered.–Proverbs 11
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Truly Blessed
1Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered.2Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit.–Psalm 32 Just let those words sink in. Forgiven. Covered. No longer counting the iniquity. For the sinner with no hope of paying his or her eternal bill this is…
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Our Service to God
6Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9For this could have been sold…
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Thankful for Goliath
Here are ten things I am thankful for in the world-famous Goliath story. They will flow from the order of the text of 1 Samuel 17. 3And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. 4And there came…
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Two Basic Things
23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”–Psalm 50 This was an angry psalm of rebuke. And God landed the plane with a little bit of hope and direction. We who study the Bible cling to those things. Here are…