Truth For The Heart
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son…. Galatians 4:4a – God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son… Hebrews 1:1-2 – God spoke through the prophet Malachi […]
Read MoreChristmas and the holiday season are not always times that are cheery and bright. Loneliness and loss can have a sharper edge in December because of the contrast of times remembered or the contrast of times hoped for, but seldom known. Pray for all who undergo hardship. Look for those around you who may need […]
Read MoreThe libretto of Messiah is taken from numerous books of the Bible: Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Lamentations, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Colossians, 1 Timothy, Hebrews and Revelation. If you’re not familiar with the passages selected by Jennens, you can read them at the above link. The first five verses of Isaiah […]
Read MoreWhen I was growing up we attended a church with a large music program, and I first sang in a choir as a young child. Our minister of music frequently had us sing the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah during December. The adult choir was at the front of the church behind the ministers, while […]
Read MoreThe night before He died on the cross, as Jesus spent time talking with His disciples (John 13–16), there were two commands He gave them about how they were to live in relationship with each other—only two—but each is significant. He began by washing their feet—an act that was the work of a slave. – […]
Read MoreBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as […]
Read MoreEvening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. Psalm 55:17 KJV – I have a print that I love with this verse on it next to a woman praying on her knees with her open Bible before her. When I saw it the other day […]
Read MoreWhen the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem; and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem. When His disciples James and […]
Read More– Blessed be the Lord, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. Psalm 31:21 – – In Grant Horner‘s Bible reading plan, yesterday I read Isaiah 1 and came to this verse. The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in […]
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Kindling for Candles 