Category Archives: discipleship
training in consistent living
20230228 training in consistent living Titus 2:1-10 (JDV) Titus 2:1 But you should say what fits in with healthy teaching.Titus 2:2 Teach older men to be balanced, dignified, self-controlled, healthy in the faith, in the care, and in the perseverance.Titus … Continue reading
not for public display
20230112 not for public display Ezekiel 41:1-4 (JDV) Ezekiel 41:1 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the jambs; on each side, the width of the jamb was six cubits.Ezekiel 41:2 The width of the entrance was … Continue reading
a willing platform
20230111 a willing platform Ezekiel 40:48-49 (JDV) Ezekiel 40:48 Then he brought me to the portico of the house and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits thick on each side. The width of the gate was … Continue reading
the God who slaps
20220716 the God who slaps Ezekiel 7:5-9 (JDV) Ezekiel 7:5 This is what the Lord Yahveh says: Notice, one disaster after another is coming!Ezekiel 7:6 An end has come; the end has come! It has awakened against you. Notice, it … Continue reading
relationships that matter
20220610 relationships that matter 2 Timothy 1:3-7 (JDV) 2 Timothy 1:3 I give gratitude to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.2 Timothy 1:4, … Continue reading
submitting to quiet discipleship
20220510 submitting to quiet discipleship 1 Timothy 2:11-15 (JDV) 1 Timothy 2:11 A wife should be discipled1 quietly with full submission. 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not allow a wife to teach or to have authority over a husband; instead, … Continue reading
loaded letters
loaded letters 1 Timothy 1:1-2 (JDV) 1 Timothy 1:1 Paul, a missionary of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope: 1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true son in the faith. Favor, … Continue reading
no one else
no one else Psalm 89:38-45 (JDV) Psalm 89:38 But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed. Psalm 89:39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have completely dishonored his crown. Psalm 89:40 … Continue reading
lessons from the past
lessons from the past Psalm 78:12-55 (JDV) Psalm 78:12 He worked miracles in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan. Psalm 78:13 He separated the sea and brought them across; the water stood … Continue reading
primary allegiance
primary allegiance Judges 7:16-25 (JDV) Judges 7:16 Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each of the men a trumpet in one hand and a hollow1 pitcher with a torch inside it in the other … Continue reading
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