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If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other (Galatians 5:15). We are so very good at this, aren’t we? We know how to attack, to destroy, to scathe our … Continue reading
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The entire law is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself (Galatians 5:14). There’s that Love thing again. Real, honest love is completely unselfish and comes with no strings attached. It wants what is best for … Continue reading
…because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay (Psalm 16:10). But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself (Psalm 49:15). For great … Continue reading
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones (Zechariah 13:7b). We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD … Continue reading
Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me (Psalm 41:9). Betrayal It’s a bitter, ugly word for a bitter, ugly deed. Perhaps the worst thing about betrayal is that, … Continue reading
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt (Exodus 12:13). He was oppressed … Continue reading
“The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took … Continue reading
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting (Isaiah 50:6). They divide my garments among them and cast lots for … Continue reading
The Cleansing of the Temple …for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me (Psalm 69:9). Jesus entered the city and went up to the temple. It was Passover, the biggest … Continue reading
Note: I’m pausing Galatians as we celebrate Holy Week. Not that every week isn’t holy, but you know what I mean. Palm Sunday The Triumphal Entry Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes … Continue reading