(Recommend: Think on these things.)
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
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Judges 2:1-3 (God said) I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break MY covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
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Judges 2:11-17 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.
v.19 they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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I Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
I Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Hebrews 9:22 ... and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.
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Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:130 The entrance of THY words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
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II Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
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I Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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I Timothy 4:1-5 ... Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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II Thessalonians 2 ... (NASB) ... Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless
the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the
son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called
god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
And you know what restrains him now,
so that in his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of
lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so
until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be
revealed
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Matthew 19:1-12 ... And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, HE departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; And great multitudes followed HIM; and HE healed them there.
The
Pharisees also came unto HIM, tempting HIM, and saying unto HIM, Is it
lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And
HE answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that HE which made
them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this
cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife:
and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
They say unto HIM, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
HE
saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered
you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
And I say unto you, Whosoever
shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry
another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away
doth commit adultery.
His disciples say unto HIM, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
But
HE said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to
whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from
their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs
of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for
the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him
receive it.
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I Corinthians 11:4-15 ... Every
man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his
head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head
uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were
shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if
it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For
a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image
and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is
not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created
for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman
to have power on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless neither
is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the
Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the
woman; but all things of God.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
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Matthew 13: Presented today
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