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@MatthewG Interesting that the breaking of bread is mentioned as one of the activities of the early believers in Acts 2.42.

So many have been blessed indeed through John 3.16.... :)

@TEXBOW Anne Steele wrote, in the 18th century: "O may these hallowed pages be My ever dear delight! And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light!" :)

Hi @TEXBOW I noted your point in the other thread about appreciating Ephesians: Matching Tattoos Tattoodo

@GodsGrace The fact that someone professes for a while does not mean that s/he was ever a true believer...

@Nancy Reminds me of this verse also: "Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay." (Jeremiah 20.9)

@marks Great passage...

@Nancy Indeed, this is all part of being able to pray, 'Thy will be done', right :)

I do think that by nature our prayers in and of themselves are indeed comepletely inadequate; but when we know that the Lord Jesus at the right hand of the Father 'ever liveth to make intercession' for us (Hebrews 7.25), the utter imperfections of our prayers are perfected before the Throne on...

@amadeus A lot of brides and bridesmaids do before the big day come to decision whether or not they will have their tattoos showing or have them covered with sleeves or in flesh-covered make up. Seeing as shoulders and arms are a significant thing when it comes to bridalwear...

I do believe the Incarnation (John 1.14; 1 Timothy 3.16) strongly implies that He was fully God in all His earthly ministry; the fact that He chose not to exercise some of the prerogatives of deity is part of that.

@TEXBOW Ephesians and Philippians do have some similar themes, as does Colossians...

@amadeus Interesting comment; thank-you....

@FluffyYellowDuck "but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 15.57-58) "Thine be...

PS: @FluffyYellowDuck Here is another verse, related thematically: "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him." (Psalm 28.7) (I was thinking of the 'shield'....)

@FluffyYellowDuck Compare Revelation 22.20,21: "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."

@FluffyYellowDuck My wife doesn't feel properly dressed if she does not put on her face. Similarly, I can well understand a tattooed woman feeling the need to put lotion on her visible tattoos in order to keep them smooth and reasonably fresh looking.

@FluffyYellowDuck I do find that Isaiah 48.10 verse very searching; and heartening also, for the believer; to know that the Lord is with us... (Matthew 28.20).

@amadeus I'm sure there are strong applications there. What we can also remember in the context is that Christian fellowship, properly understood doctrinally, is a New Testament matter rather than an Old Testament one; this verse in Amos is more of a general principle, albeit with very wide...

@TEXBOW FYI...another thread I started...