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Luke chapter 6 verse 38 (NIV)  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.  Some people stick religiously to a recipe, and carefully measure out and weigh…

Numbers chapter 21 verses 33 – 35 (NIV)  Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan , and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei. The LORD said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into…

Proverbs chapter 8 verses 10-11 (NIV)   Choose my instruction instead of silver,    knowledge rather than choice gold,  for wisdom is more precious than rubies,    and nothing you desire can compare with her. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 24 (NIV)  but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of…

Numbers chapter 16  verses 46-48 (NIV)   Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has started.”  So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran…

Numbers chapter 16 verses 8-11 (NIV)   Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and…

Psalm 36 verses 1-2 (NIV)  I have a message from God in my heart    concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God    before their eyes. In their own eyes they flatter themselves    too much to detect or hate their sin. David writes in this Psalm about something which,…

Numbers chapter 11 verse 4 (NIV)  The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!  Here is a reminder to us about who we listen to. It was the word ‘rabble’ that initially caught my attention. That’s the description used…

Luke chapter 3 verses 1-2 (NIV)  In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—  during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of…

Numbers chapter 9 verse 14. (NIV)  “‘A foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate the LORD’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’” What struck me in this verse was that, even at this stage in Israel’s history, God gives…

Luke chapter 2 verses 25 – 32 (NIV)   Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had…