💥 Podcast: Lessons in life from the Bible: Lesson #20 - 2 Peter 3:10-14

 

 
2 Peter 3:10-14  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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Scriptures:

 

Matthew 11:28 (Jesus said):  Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

 

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James 5:11  Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

 

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Luke 10:19,20 (Jesus says) Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 

 

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Romans 8:35-39  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword?

 

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 

 

39 Nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

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Romans 8:12-14  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 

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💥 Mark 8 (Reading through the Bible)

1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him, and saith unto them,

² I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat: ³ And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

⁴ And His disciples answered Him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

(God satisfied the children of Israel in the wilderness when HE brought them out of Egypt.  When HIS disciples said above statement, they had not yet been given the Holy Spirit.  They spoke with natural minds of thinking of men.) 

⁵ And He asked them, How many loaves have ye?

And they said, Seven.

⁶ And He commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and He took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

⁷ And they had a few small fishes: and He blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

⁸ So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

⁹ And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and He sent them away.

¹⁰ And straightway He entered into a ship with His disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

¹¹ And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with Him, seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him.

¹² And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

¹³ And He left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

¹⁴ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

¹⁵ And He charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

¹⁶ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

¹⁷ And when Jesus knew it, He saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

¹⁸ Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 

¹⁹ When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?

They say unto Him, Twelve.

²⁰ And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?

And they said, Seven.

²¹ And He said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

²² And He cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. 

²³ And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on his eyes, and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw ought.

²⁴ And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

²⁵ After that He put His hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

²⁶ And He sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

²⁷ And Jesus went out, and His disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

²⁸ And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

²⁹ And He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

And Peter answereth and saith unto Him, Thou art the Christ.

³⁰ And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him.

³¹ And He began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

³² And He spake that saying openly.

And Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him.

³³ But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind Me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

³⁴ And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸ Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.

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💥 Podcast: Lessons in life from the Bible: Lesson #19 - John 21:1-7

John 21:1-7  After these things Jesus shewed Himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed He Himself.

2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of His disciples.

3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered Him, No.

6 And HE said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. ...

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Scriptures:

John 15:12  (Jesus said) This is MY commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 

 

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2 Corinthians 10:17  But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

 

18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

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Lamentations 3:21-26  This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 

 

22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because HIS compassions fail not. 

 

23 They are new every morning; great is THY faithfulness. 

 

24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in HIM. 

 

25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for HIM, to the soul that seeketh HIM. 

 

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 

 

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Ephesians 3:20,21 Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end, Amen. 

 

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I John 1:9  If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
 

 

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💥 Mark 7 (Reading through the Bible)

  

1 Then came together unto HIM the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

 

² And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
³ For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
⁴ And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

⁶ HE  answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

⁷ Howbeit in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

⁹ And He said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
¹¹ But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
¹² And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
¹³ Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

¹⁴ And when He had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
¹⁵ There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

¹⁶ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷ And when He was entered into the house from the people, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.
¹⁸ And He saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
¹⁹ Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

²⁰ And He said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
²² Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

²⁴ And from thence He arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but He could not be hid.

²⁵ For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet:
²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

²⁸ And she answered and said unto Him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

²⁹ And He said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰ And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

³¹ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
³² And they bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech Him to put His hand upon him.

³³ And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers into his ears, and He spit, and touched his tongue;
³⁴ And looking up to heaven, He sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

³⁵ And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

³⁶ And He charged them that they should tell no man: but the more He charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
³⁷ And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: He maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

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💥 Podcast: Lessons in life from the Bible: Lesson #18 - John 1:1-4

 

 

John 1:1-5  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

 

 

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Scriptures:

 

Hebrews 9:28   So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for HIM shall HE appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 

 

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2 Corinthians 4:17  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 

 

18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 

 

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Psalm 37:37-39 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: HE is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: HE shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in HIM.

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1 Peter 5:6,7  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:

7 Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.

 

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Romans 8:28   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

 

 

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💥 Mark 6 (Reading through the Bible)

 

1 And HE went out from thence, and came into HIS own country; and HIS disciples follow HIM.

² And when the sabbath day was come, HE began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing Him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto Him, that even such mighty works are wrought by His hands?  ³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.

⁴ But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

⁵ And He could there do no mighty work, save that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
⁶ And He marvelled because of their unbelief.

And He went round about the villages, teaching.

⁷ And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
⁸ And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
⁹ But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

¹⁰ And He said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
¹¹ And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

¹² And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

¹³ And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

¹⁴ And king Herod heard of Him; (for His name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

¹⁵ Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

¹⁶ But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
¹⁸ For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
¹⁹ Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
²¹ And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
²² And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
²³ And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
²⁴ And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
²⁵ And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
²⁶ And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
²⁸ And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
²⁹ And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰ And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

³¹ And He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

³² And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

³³ And the people saw them departing, and many knew Him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto Him.

³⁴ And Jesus, when He came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and He began to teach them many things.

³⁵ And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
³⁶ Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

³⁷ He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.

And they say unto Him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

³⁸ HE saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see.

And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

³⁹ And HE commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

⁴⁰ And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

⁴¹ And when HE had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, HE looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided He among them all.

⁴² And they did all eat, and were filled.

⁴³ And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

⁴⁴ And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

⁴⁵ And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people.

⁴⁶ And when He had sent them away, He departed into a mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and He alone on the land.

⁴⁸ And He saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night He cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

⁵⁰ For they all saw Him, and were troubled.

And immediately He talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

⁵¹ And He went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

⁵² For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

⁵³ And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
⁵⁴ And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew Him,  ⁵⁵ And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard HE was.

⁵⁶ And whithersoever HE entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought HIM that they might touch if it were but the border of His garment: and as many as touched Him were made whole.

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💥 Podcast: Lessons in life from the Bible: Lesson #17 - 2 John vv. 8-11

 

 

 

 

2 John vv 8-11  Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

 

 

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💥 Helped by God to live in peace and gratitude to God

Barbara Preston, member of the body of Christ

 

A couple of nights ago my husband made a comment about the amount of food I waste by throwing things out. This is the way he sees it but I don’t see it that way, and what he said annoyed me.

I didn’t say anything, just kept doing what I was doing in the kitchen and then when I finished, went into the bedroom and closed the door and started reading emails.

Normally I would have joined him in watching some tv but, not that night.

Then something very unexpected happened inside of me.

Suddenly the irritation I felt toward him was gone and in its place there was what I will call a softness. My irritation with him was suddenly and completely gone!

And I thought about how God gives us a limited time on this earth, not to spend in petty grievances but, in peace and in joy and with gratitude for what He has done for us, and I had such a strong desire to go to the living room, not in anger but with gratitude to God for what He had just done for me and a desire to sit peacefully and happily with my husband and watch tv.

I share this because I believe it was God Who changed my heart in such a profound and sudden way. And I am so glad He did.

 

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Psalm 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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Scriptures:

1 Corinthians 13:4-8  Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 

 

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 

 

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 

 

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

 

8 Charity never faileth: ...

 

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Psalms 1:1-3  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

 

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I Peter 1:23-25   Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. 

 

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Hebrews 8:10  (God spoke concerning the New Testament church)  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people: 

 

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💥 Mark 5 (Reading through the Bible)

  

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

² And when He was come out of the ship, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
³ Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
⁴ Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped Him,
⁷ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

⁸ For He said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

⁹ And He asked him, What is thy name?

And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

¹⁰ And he besought Him much that He would not send them away out of the country.

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

¹² And all the devils besought Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

¹³ And forthwith Jesus gave them leave.

And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

¹⁴ And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

¹⁵ And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

¹⁶ And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

¹⁷ And they began to pray Him to depart out of their coasts.

¹⁸ And when He was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with Him.

¹⁹ Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

²⁰ And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

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²¹ And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto Him: and He was nigh unto the sea.

²² And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet,
²³ And besought Him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay Thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

²⁴ And Jesus went with him; and much people followed Him, and thronged Him.

²⁵ And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
²⁶ And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
²⁷ When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched His garment.
²⁸ For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

³⁰ And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned Him about in the press, and said, Who touched My clothes?

³¹ And His disciples said unto Him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched Me?

³² And He looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

³³ But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before Him, and told Him all the truth.

³⁴ And He said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

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³⁵ While He yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?

³⁶ As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

³⁷ And He suffered no man to follow Him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

³⁸ And He cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

³⁹ And when He was come in, He saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

⁴⁰ And they laughed Him to scorn.

But when He had put them all out, He taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with Him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.  ⁴¹ And He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.

⁴² And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

⁴³ And He charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

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💥 Podcast: Lessons in life from the Bible: Lesson #16 - 1 Corinthians 2

 

I Corinthians 2

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and HIM crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 

 

 

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Scriptures:

Matthew 11:28 (Jesus said):  Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

29 Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light. 

 

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Proverbs 14:29  He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 

 

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Psalm 51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

 

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Proverbs 23:17  Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long. 

 

18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

 

 

 

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💥 Mark 4 (Reading through the Bible)

 

And HE began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto Him a great multitude, so that HE entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

² And HE taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in His doctrine,

³ Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

⁴ And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

⁵ And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: ⁶ But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸ And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

⁹ And HE said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁰ And when HE was alone, they that were about Him with the twelve asked of Him the parable.

¹¹ And HE said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: ¹² That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

¹³ And HE said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

¹⁴ The sower soweth the word.

¹⁵ And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

¹⁶ And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷ And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

¹⁸ And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, ¹⁹ And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²⁰ And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

²¹ And HE said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

²² For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁴ And HE said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. ²⁵ For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

²⁶ And HE said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; ²⁷ And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
²⁸ For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

³⁰ And HE said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: ³² But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

³³ And with many such parables spake HE the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

³⁴ But without a parable spake HE not unto them: and when they were alone, HE expounded all things to His disciples.

³⁵ And the same day, when the even was come, He saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

³⁶ And when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was in the ship. And there were also with Him other little ships.  ³⁷ And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

³⁸ And He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

³⁹ And He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰ And He said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

⁴¹ And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?

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