Choosing Life, One Generation at a Time

Today, I sit before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, so that you may live, you and your descendants. - Deuteronomy 30.14 The task that is laid before the people of every generation is whether or not they will follow after God. Will they build upon the good works and …

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When God Sings

“The LORD your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.” Zephaniah 3.17 In times of grief, anxiety, and despair, this verse in Zephaniah has often been a comfort to me. It …

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A Living Sacrifice

Lately, I have been studying the book of Malachi in the Old Testament, actually the last book of the Old Testament. In reading chapter 1 of Malachi something stood out to me that had not stood out before. In this chapter, it is evident that the Lord is pretty ticked off about something specific. Specifically, …

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

"This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The LORD's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail, They are new every morning, Great is thy faithfulness" (Lamentations 3.21-23, NASB). It was only recently that I realized that the author of this biblical passage, Jeremiah, did not pen this refrain during a …

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