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Any more favorite Psalms, ppl? @Dave L @Butterfly @"ByGrace"

Sorry for your loss. John 14.1; John 14.27

Hosea is very searching book.

@justbyfaith FYI: forums dot thebump dot com In some areas it's so widespread for young men and older to have ears done that it doesn't seem valid for ppl to 'moralize' against it.

In John 6.37 we see both Divine sovereignty and human responsibility; they are not contradictory: "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

Baptism is a symbol for those who are saved by God's grace.

We saw coyotes in broad daylight in a busy populated area a while ago...

So I guess your daughter and your granddaughter never wondered if you would stay at being a 'one each side' person?

Air Greenland - for similar reasons - does not appeal at the moment... :) (Though I'm sure they provide a fine service...)

Compare Isaiah 29.13: "This people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men..."

Very cold today, with windchill at minus 13 C descending later to minus 19 C.

I do think that Malachi is a heartening and highly applicable book - even though not about the church itself - in days of departure and apostasy. "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him...

How do you mean?

Exactly; praying by rote is not enough. It's as if the person wants to gain merit by the weight of words.

Well written. I am reminded of Psalm 55.6-8: "And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest."

A very searching opening to chapter 2 of Ephesians, which shows just how much we are dependent on the grace of God in the Gospel.

I do love the verse Philippians 1.6: 'He that hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'.

Great for a new year meditation! :)

Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last, which was, which is and which is to come (Revelation 1).