Category Archives: reconciliation
vengeance on his adversaries
vengeance on his adversaries Deuteronomy 32:40-43 (JDV) Deuteronomy 32:40 I raise my hand to the sky and declare: As surely as I live permanently, Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold of judgment, I … Continue reading
faith and reality
faith and reality Deuteronomy 29:19-21 (JDV) Deuteronomy 29:19 When someone hears the words of this oath, he may celebrate himself, and this is what he says: ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.’ This will … Continue reading
open gates
Ephesians 2:19-20 (JDV) Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the devotees, and God’s household members,1 Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the missionaries and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as … Continue reading
erasing the divide
Ephesians 2:16-18 (JDV) Ephesians 2:16 and so that he might reconcile both to God with one body through the cross, killing the hostility. Ephesians 2:17 He came and proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away … Continue reading
forgetting the hurt
devotional post # 2185 2Co 7:14 Since whatever confident assertions I made to him about you, I was not ashamed to have made them. But just like everything we said to you was true, so also our confident assertions before … Continue reading
courage and faith
devotional post # 2181 2 Corinthians 7:2-4 2Co 7:2 Find room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 2Co 7:3 I am not saying this … Continue reading
getting close to God
devotional post # 2173 2 Corinthians 5:16-19 2Co 5:16 For this reason, we are not interested in knowing anyone on a mere external basis. Even though we once knew about Christ on a mere external basis, we do not know … Continue reading
an age of conflict
devotional post #1,989 Luke 12:57-59 Luk 12:57 “And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? Luk 12:58 As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so … Continue reading
priest in his father’s place
Leviticus 16:29-34 Lev 16:29 “And it will be a permanent prescription to you that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you will discipline your souls and will do no work, either the native or the … Continue reading
she will be clean
Leviticus 12:1-8 Lev 12:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said, Lev 12:2 “Speak to the people of Israel, and this is what you should say, if a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she … Continue reading