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“And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. And Micaiah said, “…as the LORD liveth,…

“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” (Psalm 2:1-3) Peter and John healed a lame man…

“And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an…

“O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” (Psalm 119:97) Not every command in the Bible is in the form of “Thou shalt” or “Thou shalt not.” The command to meditate on Scripture is not, yet Scripture meditation is a way of obeying God. Obedience is how we show our…

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree…

“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course,” (2 Thessalonians 3:1) God speaks to our hearts through His word. God’s word is “…quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword,” (Hebrews 4:12) The Bible gives us words of truth, grace, light, and hope. The Bible doesn’t always…

“Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.” (John 11:5) Jesus had three friends in Bethany, and three siblings: Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. One day Lazarus became very sick. His sisters sent Jesus a message that he was sick. Jesus replied, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that…

“So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.” (Genesis 45:8) Joseph’s brothers had sold him as a servant. The Egyptian captain Potiphar bought him. He served Potiphar…

“…I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through…

“Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?” (Matthew 19:4-5) Jesus said that God made people male and female. Some may…