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. 215) Phil 1:27 . . Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel "let your conversation" is from the...

- Genesis 12:10-13 ● Gen 12:10 . .There was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. Famines were usually the result of things like low humidity, lack of rain, and/or plagues of insects and plant diseases. Abram fully intended...

- Ecclesiastes 10:6-10 ● Ecc 10:5-6 . . Here is an evil I have seen under the sun as great a an error committed by a ruler: Folly was placed on lofty heights, while rich men sat in low estate. I have seen slaves on horseback, and nobles walking on the ground like slaves. That is more a...

- 211) Eph 6:17 . .Take the helmet of salvation Helmets protect one's head; the abode of your mind. When it's suspected that somebody isn't thinking clearly and/or acting right; they're commonly told to "come to your senses". Well; that phrase is actually in the NLT. ● 1Cor 15:32-34 . .What...

- Genesis 12:7-9 ● Gen 12:7a . .The Lord appeared to Abram Exactly how or in what form God appeared to Abram isn't said. God's appearances aren't always visual. Sometimes an appearance is merely an audible voice; or a dream, an angel, a burning bush, a breeze, a column of smoke, or even an...

- Ecclesiastes 10:1-4 ● Ecc 10:1 . . Dead insects will cause even a bottle of perfume to stink! Yes, an ounce of foolishness can outweigh a pound of wisdom and honor. Before the wonders of modern chemistry, perfumes were made (and many still are) from animal and vegetable sources. Those...

- 210) Eph 6:16 . . In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. The koiné Greek word for "extinguish" is sbennumi (sben'-noo-mee) which means primarily to quench. The same word is used at Heb 11:34 in regard to the...

- Genesis 12:1-3b-6 ● Gen 12:3b . . And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. The Hebrew word translated "in you" is a bit ambiguous. It can also mean "through you" and/or "by means of you". Abram eventually found out that the above prediction concerned a great grandson of...

- Ecclesiastes 9:18 ● Ecc 9:18 . .Wisdom is more valuable than weapons of war, but a single error destroys much of value. Although wisdom may have more value than a cruise missile, it isn't nearly as effective as that weapon in its purpose. It should be noted that a cruise missile isn't...

- 207) Eph 6:14a . . Hold fast therefore, having girded your waist with truth Holding fast essentially means the same as standing your ground, i.e. perseverance. Men in that day usually didn't wear pants. They typically wore some type of skirt; which, if of the Bedouin variety, was a bit...

- Ecclesiastes 9:13-17 ● Ecc 9:13-16 . .This thing too I observed under the sun about wisdom, and it affected me profoundly. There was a little city, with few men in it; and to it came a great king, who surrounded it and built mighty siege works against it. Residing in the city was a poor wise...

- Continuing from post #118 Genesis 12:1-3a ● Gen 12:1. .The Lord said to Abram: Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. Stephen said Abram was still living in Ur, and hadn't moved up to Haran yet when God called him to leave his kin (Acts...

- Genesis 11:32 ● Gen 11:32 . .The days of Terah came to 205 years; and Terah died in Haran. Terah lived a relatively long life for his day. His son Abram only lived to 175. But I sometimes wonder if Terah didn't cut his life short by staying in Haran. Did he forget about God's call to Abram...

- Ecclesiastes 9:4-10 ● Ecc 9:11a . . I again saw under the sun that the race is not [always] to the swift, and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise, nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to men of ability; Typically races are won by the swift, but if the...

- 204) Eph 6:10 . . Finally, be strong in The Lord, and in His mighty power. The strength mandated there is the nature of combat readiness. When I was serving in the US Army back in the early 1960's, the term "up to strength" meant our unit had a full complement of soldiers ready for war with...

- Ecclesiastes 9:4-10 ● Ecc 9:4 . . For he who is reckoned among the living has something to look forward to-- even a live dog is better than a dead lion-- As long as people are still alive, there's always the thought that one day their ship might come in. But once you're dead, there are no...

- Continuing from post #115 Genesis 11:30-31 ● Gen 11:30 . . Now Sarai was barren, she had no child. This is the very first recorded incident of a human reproductive malfunction. Other than the reduction in longevity; the human body seems to have been running on all eight cylinders up to this...

- Genesis 11:26-29 ● Gen 11:26-27 . .When Terah had lived 70 years, he begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Now this is the line of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot. By the time of Terah, Shem's line had slipped away and no longer worshipped Yhvh in spite of their...

- Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 ● Ecc 9:1 . . For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether [it will be] love or hatred; anything awaits him. That was certainly true of Joseph. He was a very good boy...

- 201) Eph 6:7-8 . . Slaves, serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving The Lord instead of men. If believers wish to hear The Lord say "Well done thou good and faithful servant" then fighting with management is simply out of the question. No, don't fight, instead: bite the bullet. ● Php...