“You have not returned to me,” declares the Lord. —Amos 4:6 The phrase “you have not returned to me” surfaces often in the book of Amos—five times in chapter 4. The Lord repeatedly reminded his wayward […]
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Rend your heart and not your garments. —Joel 2:13 Joel warned Israel they were going to pay a high price for ditching God: locusts would demolish their fields and destroy their crops. But that didn’t have to
As surely as the sun rises, he will appear. —Hosea 6:3 “The soul of many a man has its eastward aspect,” wrote F.W. Boreham. He explained that most people experience long, dreary nights in life. And when
If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it. —Daniel 3:17 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew that God was able to save them, but didn’t know if he would.
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. —Ezekiel 1:28 What will it be like when we see the Lord? Bart Millard wondered about that after the death of his father, and wrote a song about it: “I can only imagine what
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Let us examine our ways and test them. —Lamentations 3:40 Self-examination is frequently self-deceptive because we are skillful at self-justification. When we compare ourselves with others, we lean toward comparing our virtues with their vices. We are more tolerant of our own weaknesses and sins than of the
Wendy keeps bottled water and peanut butter crackers in her car—not for herself, but for those who stroll the medians at major intersections: Hungry — Laid Off — Will Work for Food. Wendy isn’t comfortable dishing out cash to strangers, fearful of feeding an addiction. But neither is she comfortable turning a cold shoulder to
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Nothing is too hard for you. —Jeremiah 32:17 You believe that God hears and answers prayer because you have measured the problems that you have had by the prayers that you have prayed, and are certain that God came to the rescue. So you set prayer over against the troubles you are
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I have loved you with an everlasting love. —Jeremiah 31:3 God in heaven doesn’t prohibit tragedy on earth, but he does promise his unfailing love: “Though the mountains be shaken … yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken …
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I know the plans I have for you … plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. –Jeremiah 29:11 Jesus didn’t
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