Category Archives: submission

a coming storm wind

20220625 a coming storm wind Ezekiel 1:4-14 (JDV) Ezekiel 1:4 I looked, and noticed a storm wind coming from the north, a huge cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of … Continue reading

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will you let me …?

20220529 Ruth 2:1-7 (JDV) will you let me …? Ruth 2:1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side. He was a prominent man of noble character from Elimelech’s clan.1 His name was Boaz. Ruth 2:2 Ruth the Moabitess … Continue reading

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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

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silent soldiers

silent soldiers Joshua 6:8-14 (JDV) Joshua 6:8 After Joshua had spoken to the troops, seven priests carrying seven trumpets in front of Yahveh moved forward and blew the trumpets; the ark of Yahveh’s covenant followed them. Joshua 6:9 While the … Continue reading

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a master in the sky

a master in the sky Colossians 3:18-4:1 (JDV) Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is suitable in the Lord. Colossians 3:19 Husbands, care about your wives and don’t be bitter toward them. Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your … Continue reading

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emptying our expectations

emptying our expectations Philippians 2:1-11 (JDV) Philippians 2:1 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of care, if any partnership with the Breath, if any affection and mercy, Philippians 2:2 make my joy complete by thinking … Continue reading

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this one thing

this one thing Jeremiah 17:19-27 (JDV) Jeremiah 17:19 This is what Yahveh said to me, “Go and stand at the People’s Gate, through which the kings of Judah enter and leave, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem. … Continue reading

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letting them go

letting them go Acts 13:1-3 (JDV) Acts 13:1 Now in the congregation at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Acts 13:2 … Continue reading

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staying compliant and connected

staying compliant and connected Deuteronomy 21:18-21 (JDV) Deuteronomy 21:18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, Deuteronomy 21:19 his father and … Continue reading

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No, yes, yes

  Deuteronomy 3:27-29 (JDV) Deuteronomy 3:27 Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west, north, south, and east, and see it with your own eyes, because you will not cross the Jordan. Deuteronomy 3:28 But command Joshua … Continue reading

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