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Ecclesiastes chapter 5 verse 1 (NIV)  Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Psalm 122 verse 1 (NIV) I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the…

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verses 12 – 14 (NIV)   I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.  That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will…

They say, “The LORD does not see;    the God of Jacob takes no notice. “ Psalm 33 verse 18 (NIV)  But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love…  When children are really little and don’t really understand the concept of playing hide and seek, they…

2 Chronicles chapter 28 verses 2-3 (NIV)  King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I…

1 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 20 (NIV)  For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.  We’ve many of us heard the quote, “talk the talk but also walk the walk.”  It seemed like the Corinthians church at this point certainly talked the talk. But Paul saw beyond their words.…

It is good to praise the LORD    and make music to your name, O Most High,  proclaiming your love in the morning    and your faithfulness at night,  to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD;    I sing for…

1 Corinthians 2 verses 10-12 (NIV)  These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit…

1 Corinthians chapter 1 verses 22-24 (NIV)   Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.  People will have different expectations…

2 Chronicles chapter 18 verse 14 (NIV)  David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.  This verse highlights another difference between David and his predecessor Saul. Saul was concerned about what people thought about him. David’s concern was not about himself but about what was just and right…

Romans chapter 16 verse 7 (NIV)   Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.  The whole 16th chapter of Romans is in effect a list of commendation from Paul about people, most of whom we…