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New
- Daniel Commentary - chapter 6
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- Daniel Commentary - chapter 1
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- Daniel Commentary -
chapter 2
New
- Daniel Commentary - chapter 3
New
- Daniel Commentary - chapter 4
New
- Daniel Commentary - chapter 5
Jesus Teaches on the Principle of Prophetic "Time Gaps"
The Judgment Seat of
Christ - How to live with a "Bema Seat" Mindset (Commentary
on 2Corinthians 5:10)
Goel - Our Kinsman
Redeemer - In Shadow (Type) & Substance
Blood
Avenger - Avenges Man's "Murder", Reclaims Title Deed of
Earth
Isaiah Devotionals - from
a friend of mine
John 3:30 Commentary "He
must increase, but I must decrease"
Memory Verses by Topic -
memorize so you can fight the good fight
(Mt 4:4, Job 23:12-note)
Mark Commentaries,
Sermons, Devotionals - completely revised 8/2/09
Beginning to see signs of
"spiritual burnout"? - Study the concept of "Rest" in the
Bible
Old Testament Passages in
the NT
#1 problem in churches in
America =
Unforgiveness, resentment,
bitterness - see
revisions of expositions on-Forgiveness
in Col 3:13,
Forgiveness in Mt 6:12;
Forgiveness" in Eph 4:32
Commentary on
Isaiah 4:1
Isaiah 4:2-6 The Branch of Jehovah
Commentary on
Galatians 6:14 In What Do You Boast?
Commentary on
1 Corinthians 6:18;
1 Corinthians 6:19;
1 Corinthians 6:20
Commentary on
1John 3:1
1John 3:2
1John 3:3
- April 9
Commentary on
1John 2:15
1John 2:16
1John 2:17
Kosmos
= Greek word for the World
- In Depth Word Study
Commentary on
James 4:4
and
Commentary on
James 4:5
- a difficult passage to interpret
Commentary on
James 4:6
4:7
4:8
4:9
4:10
- God gives grace to the humble
Commentary 2Corinthians 12:9,
12:10 His grace made perfect in our
weakness
Isaiah 40:31 - How to "Fly Like An Eagle" -
1/31/09
Isaiah Verse by Verse Commentary - Isaiah 1-3 are
completed
Jehovah Shammah - The LORD is There
- 12/08
A Brief Excursus on Idolatry and Immorality
Philippians 4:13 - completely revised - I
can do all things through Him...
David and Goliath -revised/updated
Revised/updated
- Ecclesiastes Resources
New - Isaiah Commentary - Isaiah 1:1 - just beginning
(long project)
New - James 1:1-25 Commentary
New - 1Corinthians 10:13 No Temptation or Test Too
Great - Commentary
New - Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14; 5:15-23;
6:20-35;
7:1-27
Proverbs 4:23 Commentary - Guard Your Heart
Daniel 9:24-27 Commentary on the Greatest
Messianic Prophecy
Timeline of Daniel's Seventieth Week Updated
1Corinthians 13:4-7 Commentary - Christian Love
2Corinthians 10:3-5 Commentary - Taking Every Thought
Captive
2Corinthians 7:1 Commentary Perfecting Holiness
James 2:14-26 Commentary - Faith and Works
Psalm 1 Commentary
Job 23:12 the "Secret" of his
perseverance
Table comparing the Rapture and the
Second Coming
Ezra 7:10 Principle - "secret" of Spirit empowered,
God Glorifying Preaching
Romans 6:11 The Believer's Emancipation Proclamation -
Updated
Suffering and trials 1Peter 1:6;
1:7
Commentary on
Proverbs 13:13
Galatians 5:16-26 - in depth commentary - What does it
means to Walk by the Spirit?
Do you know Him as your El Shaddai - God
Almighty? - new study 10/26/07
Jehovah - I Am
Study of
Types - Typology - Overview, Guidelines, Warnings
The Fruit of the
Spirit...Exposition of
Galatians 5:22
and
Galatians
5:23
Hundreds of
illustrations on Proverbs 1-31...
Proverbs Sermon Illustrations 1
(Proverbs 1-12)
Proverbs Sermon Illustrations 2
(Proverbs 13-19)
Proverbs Sermon Illustrations 3
(Proverbs 20-31)
Acts 16 Commentary
Acts 17 Commentary
Ephesians Commentary - Verse by Verse Notes, Ephesians
1-6
In Depth Commentary on
Covenant:
Covenant of Marriage;
Covenant: Abrahamic vs
Old vs New;
Covenant: Why the New is
Better;
Covenant: New Covenant in the Old
Testament;
Covenant: Abrahamic
versus Mosaic;
Covenant: Withholding
Nothing from God
1 Timothy 4:7-11
Commentary
Commentary on Ruth
(kinsman-redeemer) - updated & revised
Galatians 2:20 commentary
The Incredible Prophecy
of Isaiah 61:1-3
The Millennium 1-Why
did the Early Church drift from literal interpretation of
Rev 20?
The Millennium 2-What
is the context? What events lead up to the Millennium?
The Millennium 3-How
does the OT describe the 1000 year Messianic Age?
Messianic Prophecies
Jehovah Jireh - God our Provider
The Power of God's Word -
A Simple Inductive Study for your class
"Israel of God" - Is God
"Finished" with Israel in His prophetic plan?
Psalms - over 400 Devotionals from Our Daily Bread
Indexed by Scripture
Jehovah Nissi the LORD our Banner
(Exposition
of Exodus 17:8-16)
What is Christian Hope? = A Blessed Hope
How to Handle Fear
Spiritual Gifts Chart
Day of the LORD - What? When?
How Do I Respond?
Covenant of Marriage
Jehovah 'Ezer = the LORD my Help
Inductive Bible Study
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Observation
Interpretation
Application
How to Do Greek Word Study on the Web
revised
In Need of Help? Lift up your eyes. See
notes on Ps 121
Name of the LORD studies
-Name
of the LORD a strong tower
Precept Ministries
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Studies -
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What is Salvation?
See what God says:
Part
1,
Part 2,
Part 3
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links
Why do I need
salvation?
Take a walk down the...
Romans Road
(in both the Old and the New Testament)
Would you go to heaven if you died tonight?
Do you want to go to heaven?
Do you want to know the way?
Read the 2 short pamphlets below by D L Moody
The Way to God & How to Find It
Heaven: Where It Is, Its Inhabitants & How To Get
There
Are you skeptical?
Click Here
for booklet:
Can
I Really Trust The Bible?
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November
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November 20,
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Though I dwell in darkness, the
LORD is a light for me. |
WHEN you pass through
the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not
overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor
will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel,
your Savior --I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, in paths they
do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light before them
and rugged places into plains. These are the things I will do and I will not
leave them undone.
Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for
Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me --When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in Thee. In God, Whose word I praise, in God I have put
my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? --The LORD is
my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my
life. Whom shall I dread?
Mic 7.8. Isa 43.2, 3.--Isa 42.16. Ps. 23.4.--
Ps. 56.3, 4.--Ps. 27.1.
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There is one
God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. |
HEAR, O Israel: The LORD our God the LORD is one! --A
mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one.
We have sinned like
our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly. Our
fathers in Egypt did not understand Thy wonders; They did not remember Thine
abundant kindnesses... Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not
Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, to turn away His wrath
from destroying them.
Therefore,
holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle
and High Priest of our confession. He was faithful to Him who appointed Him,
as Moses also was in all His house.
He is also the
mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises --I will be
merciful to their iniquities and I will remember their sins no more.
1Ti 2.5. Dt 6.4.--Ga. 3.20.
Ps. 106.6, 7, 23. Heb 3.1, 2, 3. Heb 8.6,12.
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OUR
DAILY WALK
by F. B. Meyer |
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November 20
STILLING LIFE'S STORMS
"He maketh the storm a calm,
so that the waters thereof are still. Then they are glad because
they be quiet; so He bringeth them unto their desired haven."--
Ps 107:29, 30.
THIS PSALM contains five
wonderful pictures of life. First, we see the travelers who have
lost their way ( Ps 107:4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
next, prisoners and captives who sit in darkness (Ps 107:10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16);
then we see a sick-room (Ps 107:17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22); next, a terrific
storm at sea (Ps 107:23-32); and finally, the lovely
picture of a desert land being turned into a fertile landscape (Ps 107:33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38).
The refrain, calling upon men to praise the Lord for His goodness,
is repeated four times, and the Psalm closes with the fervent
thought that all who are wise will give heed to the various
dealings of God, as shown in these Acts of His loving-kindness.
In all lives there are
periods of tumult and storm. We are whirled about by angry
billows, and it seems as though we shall never reach the harbour
of peace and rest. Some give themselves up to such experiences as
a fate which they cannot avoid, or attempt to drown their fears
and dull their senses to suffering and danger. But faith cleaves
its way through the murky mists and driving cloud-wrack, and
establishes a sure connection with the throne of the Eternal
Father. This is what the New Testament calls the anchorage of the
soul, and however severe the storm that sweeps over the earth, the
soul that shelters there is safe. "Then they cried unto the Lord
in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses."
At this moment you may be
passing through a storm of outward trouble. Wave after wave beats
upon you, as one calamity is followed by another, until it seems
as though the tittle barque of your life must he overwhelmed. Look
up to God and cry to Him. He sees you, and will not allow you to
be engulfed.
Or you may be experiencing
inward sorrow. Your affections have been misplaced; the one you
love has deceived and failed you, and the sky is now dark and
stormy. The one resort of the soul when it is hard driven, is to
look up to Him who holds the winds in His fist, the waters in the
hollow of His hand, and who cannot forget or forsake those who cry
to Him.
PRAYER
O God, we will praise Thy
Name for Thy goodness to us, and for Thy wonderful works to the
children of men. May Thy gentle voice hush our fears, and still
life's storms into a great calm. AMEN. |
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FAITH'S CHECKBOOK
by C H Spurgeon
(Read C H Spurgeon's testimony - It is
miraculous as
is EVERY testimony of the new birth) |
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Nov 20
Hunger Satisfied
"For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness" (Psalm 107:9).
It is well to have longings, and the more intense they are the better. The
LORD will satisfy soul-longings, however great and all-absorbing they may
be. Let us greatly long, for God will greatly give. We are never in a
right state of mind when we are contented with ourselves and are free from
longings. Desires for more grace and groanings which cannot be uttered are
growing pains, and we should wish to feel them more and more. Blessed
Spirit, make us sigh and cry after better things and for more of the best
things! Hunger is by no means a pleasant sensation. Yet blessed are they
that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Such persons shall not only
have their hunger relieved with a little food, but they shall be filled.
They shall not be filled with any sort of rough stuff, but their diet
shall be worthy of their good LORD, for they shall be filled with goodness
by Jehovah Himself. Come, let us not fret because we long and hunger, but
let us hear the voice of the psalmist as he also longs and hungers to see
God magnified. "Oh, that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and
for his wonderful works to the children of men."
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John H
Jowett
Daily Devotional
NOVEMBER The Twentieth
THE REAL ARISTOCRACY
“Abraham, my friend.”
—Isaiah 40:8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
THINK that is the noblest title ever given to mortal man. It is the speech
of the Lord God concerning one of His children. It is something to be
coveted even to enjoy the friendship of a noble man; but to have the
friendship of God, and to have the holy God name us as His friends, is
surely the brightest jewel that can ever shine in a mortal’s crown. And
such recognition and such glory may be the wonderful lot of thee and me.
“Abraham, my friend.” The Lord of hosts found delight in human
friendships. He comes in to sup with us. He drinks of the cup of our
delights. For, surely, it is one of the supreme characteristics of true
friendship that it rejoices at the other’s joy. And my heavenly Friend is
glad in my gladness as well as sympathetic in the day of sadness and
tears. Yes, He comes in to sup with me, and I may sup with Him.
“Abraham, my friend.” And He shares His sweets with His friend, in inward
counsels, and in tender revelations of His purposes and in the gifts of
joy and peace. There is perfect openness between these friends; nothing is
hid. They have the run of each other’s hearts.
I tell Him all my joys and fears,
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See these
other
Daily Devotionals...
Store up
(present
imperative
= command to make this privilege our practice!) for
yourselves treasure in heaven (cp Mt 6:20-note,
1Th 2:19, 20-note,
Lk 10:2, Col 4:2,3-note,
2Th 3:1, Rev 7:9-note)
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Pray for the unreached people groups.
(1)
GLOBAL PRAYER
DIGEST - Nov 20 Khunsari People of Iran ...
What happens when a child is ill and there are no
doctors or hospitals nearby? What happens when they are
inflicted with contagious diseases such as scarlet
fever, whooping cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, or
typhoid fever? Many times the child may die. Due to the
lack of available treatment for these diseases the
infant mortality rate where the Khunsari people live is
high even by Central Asian standards. Not only does the
lack of medical care shorten the life of children, but
it also shortens the life expectancy for adults, which
is a mere 65 years. Such is the life of the Khunsari
people of Iran.
The Khunsaris also live in an area that is 100 percent
Muslim. Their area is closed to anyone who desires to
share the message of Christ. Since the message is not
allowed to be shared or Christian resources available,
the Khunsaris continue to live with a cloak of spiritual
darkness surrounding them. They would not understand the
idea of freedom in Christ.
Pray!
Ask God to remove the spiritual darkness from the hearts
and minds of the Khunsari people. Pray that believers
with medical skills will soon be able to bring them much
needed services and introduce them to the Great
Physician. Pray that Christ will be glorified by those
who help the Khunsari people find their savior.-NW
Psalms 73: 24,25b "You guide me with Your counsel, and
after word you will take me into glory. Whom have I in
heaven but you?"
God is our guide, and He will take us to heaven for our
eternal reward. But before we have our eternal reward,
He has lots of work for us here on earth. He has given
us the task of being salt and light to the nations so
that the peoples will glorify His Name. Have you ever
thought that when we heal the sick, give to the poor,
find cures for diseases, fight for justice, you name it,
we glorify our Heavenly Father? What are you doing right
now to bring glory to His Name?
Pray!
Pray that the Lord will guide someone to glorify Christ
among the Khunsari people of Iran
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OUR DAILY BREAD
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Periodic Quotes...
In light of the growing global
recession that is leaving no one untouched, you might consider
listening to Dr. John Piper's timely message (Feb 1, 2009) to the
Body of Christ (you can read it but I recommend listening if you
have the time)...
2Cor 1:1-12 What Is
the Recession For? (click)
Steven Cole
also has
an excellent message based on Psalm 49 addressing the current
economic crisis.
Psalm 49: A Psalm for
the Recession (click)
Righteousness
exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs
14:34
A Prayer
For Our Nation
May
the Spirit of holiness prompt all who read it to join in solemn,
earnest intercession on behalf of America (cp Joel 1:14, 2:15)...
Heavenly Father, we
come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your
direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who
call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have
lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have
exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded
laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and
called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it
justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and
called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called
it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called
it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have
ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it
enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today;
cleanse us from every sin and set us free (in Christ Jesus our
Lord). Amen!
Note:
Some have attributed
this prayer to Billy Graham, but others attribute it (or a similar
prayer) to Joe Wright and still others to a prayer by Bob Russell
before the Kansas House of Representatives in 1996 - God knows who
prayed it, so that is not the real issue...Our Father desires to
hear all of His children crying out with similar contrition and
brokenness over our sins against His holy Name...
First of all, then, I urge
that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made
on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, in
order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness
and dignity. (1Ti 2:1,2, cp Daniel's great prayer in Da
9:3-19)
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