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1 Kings Chapter 11: Verses 1-4 (NLT) Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving…

Proverbs Chapter 15: Verses 11-12 (NIV) Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord—    how much more do human hearts! Mockers resent correction,    so they avoid the wise. Acts Chapter 14: Verses 8-9 (NIV) In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.  He listened to Paul as he was…

Acts Chapter 13: Verses 43-45 Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God. The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord.  But when some of the Jews saw…

Psalm 75: Verses 2-3 (NIV) You say, “I choose the appointed time;    it is I who judge with equity. When the earth and all its people quake,    it is I who hold its pillars firm. David lived in uncertain times with plenty of trials and temptations along the road. But he held on to the one certain fact he…

Acts Chapter 13: Verse 1 (NIV)  Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. As we celebrate Father’s Day today, what strikes me in this verse is that one of the leaders in the Church at Antioch, Manaen, had…

Acts Chapter 11: Verses 22-24 (NIV) News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and…

Acts Chapter 10: Verses 28-32 (NIV)  He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.  So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May…

2 Samuel Chapter 24: Verse 10 (NIV) David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.” 2 Samuel Chapter 24: Verse 14 (NIV) David…

Psalm 73: verses 15-17 (NIV) If I had spoken out like that,    I would have betrayed your children.When I tried to understand all this,    it troubled me deeplytill I entered the sanctuary of God;    then I understood their final destiny. In this Psalm we see the psalmist counsel against speaking out in anger regarding difficult situations that we don’t understand.…

13 June 2023 – What have I learned today? Acts Chapter 8: Verses 26-29 (NLT) Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”  So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of…