Suggested Bible Reading: Proverbs 19-21 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Treatment of Others.” Proverbs 19 does not lend itself to one single theme but does contain a variety of themes, which are interwoven together. How we treat others reveals our true value system. This is simply one of the themes of this chapter, but…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Proverbs 16-18 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Instruction to Leaders.” From kings to kinfolks, the clever to the clowns, the godly and the gossipers, the lofty and the lowly, these all flood the pages of Proverbs and from them we can learn the important lessons of conduct and consequences. However, above…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Psalm 5, 38, 41-42 Devotional Thought: Title: “Trusting God in Difficulty.” Psalm 41 seems to belong, as many other Psalms do, to the period of Absalom’s rebellion. Although there is no record in the account in 2 Samuel of David having such an illness as which is described in verse…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Psalm 65-67; 69-70 Devotional Thought: Title: “A Harvest Hymn” My dad loves to farm and there is no secret that the reward and climax of farming is harvest time. Harvest is the time when all the hard work is displayed and rewarded. In Psalm 65 we find a psalm or…
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Suggested Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 19; Psalm 20 Devotional Thought: Title: “A God of Grace and Mercy” 2 Samuel 9 relates the kindness shown to the displaced, disinherited and disabled son of Jonathan; and chapter 10 speaks of showing kindness, this time to a son of Nahash. Both chapters are…
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