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Shine! The Lord Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). He also said, “You are the light of the world, a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid” (Matthew 5:14). The closer our walk with the Lord is, the greater the light of our testimony will be. Shine, […]

“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, and He knoweth them that trust in Him” (Nahum 1:7). What a beautiful word is this word that Nahum chose when He describes God as being GOOD. It gives the idea of being pleasant, excellent, beautiful. Even in the day of trouble, the […]

Think of the word BITTERNESS Listen to what Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus. “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice” (Ephesians 4:31). Paul’s word “bitterness” is pikria (pik-REE_ah). The best picture I can draw about this word BITTERNESS is a […]

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the faithful God” (Deuteronomy 7:9). “God is faithful by Whom you were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:9). When our days are the very best that they could be, we need to remember God is faithful. When […]

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” (James 3:5). James paints a powerful picture about how our little tongues can have a very big impact. He illustrates this with the horse’s bit (3:3), the ship’s rudder (3:4) and the little spark […]