Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals 10 “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your…
INTRO (Psalm 42:1-2): As a deer pants for flowing streams, so my soul for You God / My soul thirsts for God, the living God / Catch me at the Brook / VERSE 1 (Lecrae): I used to jack Daniels / chase bloody Mary / I never touched the virgins – naw they too scary…
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,…53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. — Luke 1 Mary meant this ‘filling the hungry’ in a spiritual sense, as did her Son when he said “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”…
6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah!For the Lord our Godthe Almighty reigns.7 Let us rejoice and exultand give him the glory,for the marriage of the Lamb has come,and his…
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 Drinking from Jesus
From Theopedia The theme of union with Christ occurs in numerous places in the New Testament, and is also pictured in the Old Testament.^[1]^ It is that union enjoyed by believers, individually and corporately, with the Lord Jesus. It is sometimes referred to as the unio mystica or mystic union, as its fact is established without understanding the mechanism. Our union with Christ…
“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:8 NIV Study Bible notes: 1:8 affection of Christ Jesus. The deep yearning and intense, compassionate love exhibited by Jesus himself and now fostered in Paul by his union with Christ. This affection reaches out to all, impartially…
How it influenced the baroque painters By Kamna Kirti This is an exemplary story of a woman Pero who secretly breastfed her imprisoned father Cimon who was starving to death in prison. The selfless devotion of Pero to nourish his father Cimon at her own breast is called “Roman Charity”. It is history’s most altruistic story of honoring one’s parent. History of Roman…
I’ve had the privilege of living in different parts of the world, and visiting even more countries. Regardless of culture, one truth remains the same: humans love feasting. Feasts are the anchors for social gatherings everywhere. No party, get together, celebration, festival or social event is complete without food. Neither does any wedding, bridal shower,…
The original definition of husband was “one who cares for another.” Webster’s Dictionary lists an archaic definition of husbandry as “the care of a household.” It also defines husband as “to manage prudently and economically, to use sparingly : CONSERVE.” Ephesians 5 tells us we men have a duty to care for our wives by sanctifying them…
“Moses […] asked the LORD, ‘Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as…
[Verse 1] (Oooh) Tell her try your best, just to make it quick Whom attend to the sick ‘Cause there must be something she can do This heart is broken in two Tell her it’s a case of emergency There’s a patient by the name of Gregory [Chorus] Night nurse Second to Christ, Only you…
This week, I had reason to visit a well-known pet retail store. Two of the three employees I saw perfectly fit the female ANR profile, and then some. They were very helpful too, all three going out of their way to assist me. This underscores the fact that ANR-interested women are super soft, affectionate, tactile,…
The greater responsibility falls on husbands to protect, nurture and love their wives as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her, but taken together, passages like Genesis 2:24 and Ephesians 5:22-33 inform believers of the mutual nature of the nurturing relationship built into marriage. See also: Husbands, love and feed your wives like…
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.b He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she…
John 4:34: “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Matthew 4: After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on…
“Every [man] who drinks of this ‘water’ will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 Living water
Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Isaiah 9:6: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will…
Luke 15:11-32 English Standard Version (ESV) The Parable of the Prodigal Son 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the…
New King James Version (NKJV) Four Fishermen Called as Disciples 5 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He…
Lyrics: Nearer, still nearer, close to Thy heart, Draw me, my Savior—so precious Thou art! Fold me, oh, fold me close to Thy breast; Shelter me safe in that “haven of rest”; Shelter me safe in that “haven of rest.” Nearer, still nearer, nothing I bring, Naught as an off’ring to Jesus, my King; Only…
Whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked. – 1 John 2:6 It’s a commonly heard complaint that Christians never practice what they preach. They’re Sunday morning benchwarmers with no tangible acts of Christ’s love. Whoever thinks this way has not met too many ANR-friendly Christians.…
English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand 8 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.…
I think Christ chose to let this be His first miracle to show His support for the institution of marriage and how it points to that between Himself and the Church, and also because of the temporal blessing and joy that marriage is. My study Bible comments on John 2:3: “the wedding party’s running out…
37 “On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as [a] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’’ 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed…
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem … How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! – Matthew 23:37
“A gracious woman gets honor.” – Proverbs 11:16a A woman who is gracious enough to nurse her husband is honored by the LORD. Couples Nursing is honorable.
Matthew 15:29-39 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Heals Many 29 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put…
John 21 New International Version (NIV) 21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they…
John 6 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his…
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