Category Archives: love

turned away

20220612 turned away 2 Timothy 1:15-18 (JDV) 2 Timothy 1:15 You know that all those in the province of Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.2 Timothy 1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of … Continue reading

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Boaz loves Ruth

20220531 Boaz loves Ruth Ruth 2:14-16 Ruth 2:14 At mealtime Boaz told her, “Come over here and have some bread and dip it in the vinegar sauce.” So she sat beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain. She … Continue reading

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lost everything?

20220524 lost everything? Ruth 1:1-5 (JDV) Ruth 1:1 It happened in the days of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory … Continue reading

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obeying our masters

20220519 obeying our masters 1 Timothy 6:1-2 (JDV) 1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters as worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and his teaching will not be maligned. … Continue reading

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don’t spend the night in the square

don’t spend the night in the square Judges 19:1-21 (JDV) Judges 19:1 In those days, and without a king in Israel, a Levite happened to be staying in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim. He acquired a … Continue reading

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flourishing faith, increasing care

flourishing faith, increasing care 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4 (JDV) 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the congregation of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:2 Favor to you and peace from God … Continue reading

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life wasted on hating

life wasted on hating Lamentations 2:15-16 (JDV) Lamentations 2:15 All who pass by scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the … Continue reading

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what Paul could not stand

what Paul could not stand 1 Thessalonians 3:4-5 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 3:4 In fact, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we were going to experience suffering, and as you know, it happened. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 … Continue reading

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a law of grace

a law of grace Joshua 20:1-3 (JDV) Joshua 20:1 Then Yahveh spoke to Joshua, Joshua 20:2 “Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, like I instructed you through Moses, Joshua 20:3 so that a person who kills someone unintentionally … Continue reading

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preying pagans

  preying pagans Deuteronomy 5:19-21 Deuteronomy 5:19 Do not steal. Deuteronomy 5:20 Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor. Deuteronomy 5:21 Do not crave1 your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, … Continue reading

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