Deuteronomy 22:9-11 (NKJV)9 �You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled. 10 �You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. 11 �You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and ...
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 (AMP)17So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it. Reflections:King Solomon had it all. He held nothing back from himself. One of his conclusions is quoted above. Things simply do not satisfy ...
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2 Peter 3:9 (New King James Version)9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Reflections:In Matt 22:14 Jesus tells us that: �Many are called, but few are chosen.� From our verse today we learn ...
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2 Corinthians 10:18 (New King James Version)18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.2 Timothy 2:15 (New King James Version)15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Reflections:When God approves, or certifies, an individual He is essentially saying that He will ...
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Micah 6:8 (NKJV)8 He has shown you, O man, what isgood; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Reflections:If we�re truly seeking God with all our heart we will inevitably start to pester the Lord and ask, �Lord, what do you ...
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Mark 2:9 (KJV)9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? Reflections: We don�t often equate sickness and sin. I guess we don�t want to believe that their connected, but Jesus here says they ...
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Matthew 20:1-16 (NKJV)20 �For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour and saw ...
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Luke 12:8-9 (NKJV) 8 �Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. 9 But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. Reflections:Today�s verse is contrasting those who step up to the plate and confess ...
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Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Reflections:Have you ever said to yourself, �Well, I�m just waiting to find a new place to fellowship, and then I�ll be able to get back into the spiritual swing of things.� �I need others to spur me on.� We sometimes use ...
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Matthew 11:12 (NKJV)12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.Matthew 11:12 (Amplified Bible)12And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by ...
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