Category Archives: success

small beginnings

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

small beginnings Acts 16:11-15 (JDV) Acts 16:11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis, Acts 16:12 and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city of the … Continue reading →

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riches that please God

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

riches that please God Deuteronomy 30:7-10 (JDV) Deuteronomy 30:7 Yahveh your God will put all these oaths on your enemies who hate and persecute you. Deuteronomy 30:8 Then you will again obey Yahveh and follow all his commands I am … Continue reading →

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his victory

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Jefferson Vann

Psalm 20:1-4 Psalm 20:1 May Yahveh answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God make you safe. Psalm 20:2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and reinforce you from Zion. Psalm 20:3 May … Continue reading →

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given by God

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

devotional post # 2233 Numbers 1:28-29 Num 1:28  Of the sons of Issachar, referencing their historical lineage, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to … Continue reading →

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worry and the wardrobe

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jefferson Vann

SUBSTANCE OVER STYLE Luke 12:27-28 Luk 12:27 Think about how the flowers grow; they do not work or produce clothing. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! Luk 12:28 And … Continue reading →

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you never know

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

STAY AT IT UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 4 A watcher of the wind never plants and someone looking at the clouds never harvests. 5 In the same way that you do not know what path the wind … Continue reading →

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diversification

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

ARE YOUR EGGS ALL IN THE SAME BASKET? Ecclesiastes 11:1-3 1 Send your bread over the surface of the water, because you will find it again in many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, because … Continue reading →

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unfair game

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

BEING FIRST TO THE TRAP IS NOT THE GOAL Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 11 I turned to see that the race under this sun does not go to the swift ones, and the battle does not go to the warriors, and neither … Continue reading →

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losing

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 23:1-4 1 The oracle of Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, because the house is so torn down that no one can enter. It is announced to them from the land of Cyprus. 2 Be still, coastal inhabitants, merchant of … Continue reading →

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bragging ax

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 10:12-19 12 And this will happen: when the Lord has finished all his work against the mountain of Zion and Jerusalem, “I will punish the fruit of the king of Assyria’s proud heart and the pride of his high … Continue reading →

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