Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 18: Friday Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. […]
Read MoreIn the heading at the top, “My servant Job”, is a page containing my posts on Job. I’ll be adding to it as I write more on the book. There’s a subheading under it titled, Help & Comfort, in which I’ve gathered a list of posts on adversity and suffering in the hope of offering […]
Read MoreFor the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; Lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty. Job 6:14 Because I’ve been writing about the book of Job, my husband asked if I could summarize the most important ways to help someone who is suffering. I think Job 6:14 gives us the crux […]
Read MoreThere are people in the shadows of many churches: the poor, the afflicted, the widows and singles, the married couples in difficulty, the parents and children in crisis, the jobless, the handicapped, the life-scarred, the strugglers—the different. Christians who don’t fit in and who live in the shadows. These are the people who persevere sometimes […]
Read MoreThen Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE SCATTERED.’” Matthew 26:31 Men scattered by their fears to bleakest grief, Into mourning without hope, despairing sorrow. Two days locked in now […]
Read MoreO sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 15: Friday Then the LORD said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go! And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should […]
Read MoreToday’s Bible reading is in Jeremiah. I love the book, and I’m still reading the chapters. I will be working on catching up. The wear and tear of the past few weeks have been almost more than I could bear. Some of the interactions I have been through have been so corrosive—they’ve been like having […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Wednesday Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:7–8 In Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 39–41, there is a contrast between […]
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Kindling for Candles 