Category: Spare Portions
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Spare Portions #15
“He saved others; Himself He cannot save. Matthew 27:42a Priests of the highest ranks taunted the Savior of the world with these words, all the while not grasping the truth they were helping to propagate. He saved others—you can be sure of that fact. If Christ did not save, then…
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Spare Portions #14
Mercy and truth have met together;Righteousness and peace have kissed. Psalm 85:10 Who could have arranged such an intimate encounter of everlasting impact? None other than God Himself. All are found to dwell harmoniously in the person of Jesus Christ. Look to the humble beginnings of a manger—truth gloriously sprung…
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Spare Portions #13
“”Whatever He says to you, do it.” John 2:5b The festivities surrounding a newlywed couple seemed to have reached their climax and were about to be cut short. The lack of wine had caught the attention of the mother of our Lord Jesus, and Mary was sure to let Jesus…
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Spare Portions #12
“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,And my calamity laid with it on the scales!For the it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—Therefore my words have been rash.For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;My spirit drinks in their poison;The terrors of God are arrayed against…
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Spare Portions #11
So Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 1 Samuel 15:32 The presumptuous sigh of a king is contained here and is recorded for our instruction. For King Agag, ignorance was bliss, if only for a moment. He was unaware of the…
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Spare Portions #10
For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people. 1 Samuel 12:22 After recounting the faithfulness of God toward His people, the Prophet Samuel shifts attention to the unfaithfulness of his kinsmen. Repeated deliverance from…
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Spare Portions #9
And if it happens that he says to you, “I will not go away from you,” because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you, then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever.…
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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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