I’m a follower of Jesus, wife, mom, and Mimi to 8 grandbabies here and 5 grandbabies I’m waiting to meet in in heaven. I live in the Twin Cities and serve as the Minister for Women‘s Ministry at The North Church in Mounds View, MN.
We come to the end of Joshua today. In Joshua 24:16-18, we read, “Then the people answered, `Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods, for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house … More We will serve the LORD, Jesus, for He is our God
April 11 1 Corinthians 8 (ESV) Food Offered to Idols 8:1 Now concerning [1] food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by … More April 11 1 Corinthians 8
April 11 Mark 4:21-41 (ESV) A Lamp Under a Basket 21 And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to … More April 11 Mark 4:21-41
April 11 Psalm 81 (ESV) Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. [1] Of Asaph. 81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! 2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at … More April 11 Psalm 81
April 11 Joshua 24 (ESV) The Covenant Renewal at Shechem 24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers … More April 11 Joshua 24
Scott Hubbard wrote an article, The Spiritual Power of Staying Put: Why Christians Are Slow to Leave, related to our passage in 1 Corinthians 7:17-40 today. Perhaps the Bible’s most explicit teaching about staying and going appears in 1 Corinthians 7:17–24, where Paul three times counsels the Corinthian believers to remain where they are: Only let each person lead the life that … More Roots for Restless Souls
J. C. Ryle on Mark 4:1-20 These verses contain the parable of the sower. Of all the parables spoken by our Lord, none is probably so well-known as this. There is none which is so easily understood by all, from the gracious familiarity of the figures which it contains. There is none which is of … More Where’s the fruit?
Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! —Psalm 80: 3, 7, 19 Restore us, O God. Turn us back to You. Change us. Change our character, if not our circumstances. We need YOU, O God. Let Your face shine… we want to see You. “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine … More Restore us, O God
We are nearing the end of Joshua this week, by reading Joshua 22-23 today. Kim Riddlebarger, Senior Pastor at Christ Reformed Church, opened and closed his sermon on Joshua 23 with these comments: When Moses died, the people of Israel surely thought he could never be replaced. Years later when Joshua says farewell to his people, there can … More A warning not to turn away
April 10 1 Corinthians 7:17-40 (ESV) Live as You Are Called 17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove … More April 10 1 Corinthians 7:17-40
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