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Isaiah Chapter 35 verse 8 (NIV)  And a highway will be there;     it will be called the Way of Holiness;    it will be for those who walk on that Way.  When you set off on a journey, if you’re heading off to somewhere you’ve never been before, you might need to plan…

Proverbs Chapter 22 verses 24-25 (NIV) Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. Philippians chapter 4 verse 9 (NIV)  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the…

Isaiah Chapter 30 verses 9-11 (NIV)For these are rebellious people, deceitful children,children unwilling to listen to the LORD’s instruction.They say to the seers,“See no more visions !”and to the prophets,“Give us no more visions of what is right!Tell us pleasant things,prophesy illusions.Leave this way,get off this path,and stop confronting uswith the Holy One of Israel!”Isaiah…

2 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 10 (NIV)   That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. This verse follows on the heals of Paul’s stance yesterday when he spoke of boasting in his weaknesses. Here he talks…

2 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 30-31 (NIV)  If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.  The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying. We all like a bit of praise and encouragement when we have done something…

2 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 5-6 (NIV)  I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. Paul was a learned scholar. As a young man he was…

2 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 7 (NIV)  You are judging by appearances. If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.  Paul found himself being criticised because he didn’t fit the perception of a follower of Jesus that the Corinthians…

psalm 106 verse 13 (NIV) But they soon forgot what he had done    and did not wait for his plan to unfold. The people of Israel saw many miracles and Godly interventions on their behalf. God made many promises and shared His plans and intentions for His chosen people. But He did not give…

2 Corinthians chapter 8 verse 23 (NIV)  As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honour to Christ.  We don’t know about the brothers of whom Paul speaks, who were to go with Titus. But what we are told…

Isaiah Chapter 8 verses 11-13 (NIV)  This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:“Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The LORD Almighty is the…