Category Archives: encouragement

Can this be Naomi?

20220527 Can this be Naomi? Ruth 1:19-21 (JDV) Ruth 1:19 The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival and the local women exclaimed, “Can this be … Continue reading

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night with the troops

night with the troops Joshua 8:9-13 (JDV) Joshua 8:9 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site and waited between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But he spent that night with the troops.Joshua … Continue reading

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bottle and book

bottle and book Psalm 56:8-9 (JDV) Psalm 56:8 You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Psalm 56:9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This … Continue reading

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throat melt

throat melt Psalm 42:11 (JDV) Why, my throat, are you melting away? Why are you in such uproar? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him, my Savior and my God. throat melt The Hebrew word nefesh … Continue reading

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missionary work

missionary work Acts 11:19-30 (JDV) Acts 11:19 Now those who had been scattered as a result of the trouble that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one … Continue reading

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with us through it all

with us through it all Deuteronomy 31:4-6 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:4 Yahveh will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when he exterminated them. Deuteronomy 31:5 Yahveh will give … Continue reading

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why we are in Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 1:1-5 (JDV) Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words Moses said to all Israel across the Jordan in the open country,1 in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. Deuteronomy 1:2 It is an eleven-day … Continue reading

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resurrection life today

Ephesians 5:18-20 (JDV) Ephesians 5:18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Breath: Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your … Continue reading

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The Judas point

John 13:21-24 Joh 13:21 After saying these things, Jesus was agitated in his spirit and testified, “I am honestly telling you, one from among you will hand me over.” Joh 13:22 The disciples were looking into one another– perplexed about … Continue reading

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Psalms 10:1 Yahveh, why are you standing so far away? Why are you hiding in hard times? What an honest prayer! This believer does not doubt the existence of God or his power to intervene. He questions why God seems … Continue reading

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