Category: Pressing Truth
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A King’s Pursuit
As life’s pursuits inevitably draw to a close, do we find ourselves content? Age-old examples offer a cautionary perspective.
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Spare Portions #8
Behold, the storm of the LORD! Wrath has gone, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. Jeremiah 23:19 There is a coming storm. Human devices can neither deter the event nor offer a way of escape. Survey all that creation has to offer for refuge;…
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Spare Portions #7
“But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah… Genesis 24:45 Here is the testimony of Abraham’s servant, sent to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. By his own account, he states that he prayed inaudibly. He pleaded for a sign of confirmation to ensure that…
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Spare Portions #6
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Luke 7:13 It may seem a strange command from the mouth of the Lord Jesus. He who himself wept at the tomb of Lazarus, His friend, commanding the widow now bereaved of her…
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Spare Portions #5
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” John 11:39 Martha, friend of Jesus, how troubled she was. Her recently deceased brother lay in the tomb,…
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Spare Portions #4
… and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Luke 7:38 Openly regarded as a sinner, the woman approached Christ with purpose. And our Lord bore testimony…
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Spare Portions #3
The rich and the poor have this in common,The LORD is the maker of them all. Proverbs 22:2 We can distinguish between the rich and the poor, wealth and poverty, much and little. But who is willing to acknowledge the LORD as the maker of all? He not only created…
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Spare Portions #2
The LORD was pleased, for His righteousness’ sake, to magnify His law and make it glorious. Isaiah 42:21 If left to ourselves, none of us magnifies God’s law nor makes it glorious in any measure. Our habit to do the exact opposite is a living testimony to the rebellious, law-breaking…
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Spare Portions #1
Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8:11 Here is the testimony of God, full of wisdom and understanding. An evil work deserves a sentence. Ruling authorities serve the…
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