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Posted by David Carroll
Joshua 10:12-14 (NKJV)
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon."
So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies.
Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. And there has been no day like that, before it or
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Posted by David Carroll
Proverbs 13:2-3 (NKJV)
A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.
He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Many times I have said something and then later remembered what I said and I just cringe in anguish at the thought of having done that and wished I could have taken those words back. Someone was explaining this principle to a group of children once and used a toothpaste tube as an object lesson. He told the children to squeeze some
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 15:7 (NKJV)
I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
The parable of the Lost Sheep shows how God will go after even one who is lost. Perhaps you have heard it said that if you were the only one on earth, Jesus would have died just for you. I used to wonder if that were really true but this parable puts away any doubt about that. Look at how heaven rejoices over the salvation of a single person!By the way, lest
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 14:11 (NKJV)
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
This truth Jesus speaks here is easy to demonstrate. I know I have felt like I was not getting the "credit" I deserved and have taken matters into my own hands. Now I cringe when I think of the embarrassment that has caused me before. That's practical advice but there is a deeper spiritual truth here. Rather than waiting on others to exalt you, we should wait and look forward to that affirmation from God: "Well done my good and faithful servant"In rare cases
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 13:34 (NKJV)
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
Here is Jesus praying and lamenting over the people of Jerusalem. He desired them to come to God as would be demonstrated by their acceptance of God's prophets. Sadly however, because of their freedom of will given by God, they rejected God and His prophets and Jesus too.This is a mind boggling thought that the sovereign God would not
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Posted by David Carroll
Psalm 78:72 (NIV)
And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
King David had a whole heart for God. Yes, he faltered and sinned terribly in the situation with Bathsheba. But he sincerely repented of that and received God's forgiveness. David was weak in the flesh as we all are. But when it came to his relationship with God, David was clearly devoted to and in love with his Lord. That is my heart's desire that I might be like David, having a heart completely dependent upon and devoted to God.
Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Luke 9:58,60,62 (NKJV)
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God."
But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
I don't think Jesus is not talking about salvation here but rather being called to fulltime ministry for Christ. The first answer was to a person who had not received a
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Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Luke 9:23-24 (NKJV)
Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
What a paradoxical statement. Such a truth cannot be seen by a simple reading but only by a deeper understanding of what Jesus is saying.If I put myself first, then the best I can have is whatever I can muster up for myself which is not a lot. After many attempts, I
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Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Luke 8:24-25 (NKJV)
And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!"
Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. But He said to them, "Where is your faith?"
And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, "Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!"
The disciples had an imperfect understanding of who Jesus was. The bible says they marveled. We should marvel too at such power but it should not surprise us that the one
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 8:10 (NKJV)
And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.'
You've heard it many times before when a speaker wants to further explain and clarify his message, he will say: "Let me illustrate..." Jesus purpose with parables was not so. For Jesus, parables were meant to conceal the truth from the uninitiated and to reveal deeper truths to those who had believed.Jesus said not to "cast your pearls before swine."
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Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 (NKJV)
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
To be "In your heart" means to be at the center of your innermost being. Your primary job as
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 6:43-45 (NKJV)
For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
I have heard my pastor say that if you want to find out what a person
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Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Psalm 66:18 (NKJV)
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
There are an astonishing number of promises in the Bible that God will answer prayer. What a tremendous motivation that is to pray. There are also a handful of verses that indicate that there are hindrances to prayer. One of them is sin. To regard iniquity in my heart means that I know that it is there but I am not willing to repent of it. How could God possibly answer my prayer when I am in such a rebellious state?Psalm 139:23-24 (NKJV)
Search me, O God, and
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Posted by David Carroll
Numbers 35:25 (NKJV)
So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
God instituted a strange law that the Israelites setup six cities to which a person could flee to safety if he had committed an accidental murder. The kinsman of the person murdered would be the Avenger of Blood, but he could not carry out his vengeance while the person was
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 4:33-35 (NKJV)
Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God!"
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.
I find it interesting that the demon spirits are not deceived. They know who Jesus
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Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Psalm 62:11-12 (NKJV)
God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God. Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work.
We live in a power hungry world. God should only have to say it once, but power is from God and mercy is from God too. No need to trust in anything else; this is the only power and mercy worth having. I'm am so glad that God has chosen to use His power to exercise mercy.We have been taught to know that salvation does not come as
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 3:7-9 (NKJV)
Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
John the Baptist did
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Posted by David Carroll
Luke 2:52 (NKJV)
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
The bible says very little about Jesus' childhood except for the time when He was twelve and was discovered missing by his parents and found in the temple "about His Father's business." We don't see him again until he was thirty years old and began His public ministry which lasted three years. What went on in the meantime? The only clue we have is this verse above. Jesus was a perfect man. He was fully God and yet fully man too. He is the God-man.
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Posted by David Carroll
I love you Lord...
John 3:16 [NKJV]
For God so loved the world
... because you first loved me.
Posted by David Carroll
Numbers 23:19 (NKJV)
God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
When God makes a promise, you can count on it. Man can and will disappoint you but God is faithful and true. He has promised us many things in his Word: abundant life, heaven, answers to prayer, peace, rest, rich rewards, understanding and wisdom.
Isaiah 40:8 (NKJV)
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."
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