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You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold, and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it. Exodus 25.13-15 NET.
Is this too hard for people to understand? Let’s ask Uzzah … 2 Samuel 6.
I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them. Deuteronomy 32.39 NET.
Things would be so different if they did!
Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. 1 Kings 18.46 NET.
God gives the power to do his bidding.
Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth. Job 28.17 NET.
The worth of wisdom. Have you acquired it?
Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing! Psalm 47.6 NET.
Messiah, anyone?
The person who gets wisdom loves himself. And, the one who possesses understanding will succeed. Proverbs 19.8 IEB.
Listen to this author when he tells what self-love is all about.
If you had only obeyed Me, then you would have had peace, like a gentle river. Good things would have flowed to you, like the waves of the ocean. Isaiah 48.18 IEB.
What was true for the Israelites hundreds of years before Christ is true today for us 2000 years after Christ.
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” Matthew 4.3 NET.
Temptation draws you an attractive picture.
If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death. Leviticus 24.17 NET.
The principle in effect since Genesis 9.
At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. Luke 2.38 NET.
At every step along the way the Spirit pointed to Jesus as the One.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love and for the amazing things he has done for people. Psalm 107.21 NET.
Gratitude properly has God as its focus.
Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited. Titus 2.3-5 NET.
We thank God for those mothers who love, or have loved, their children.
Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice. Isaiah 59.15 NET.
Honesty: always a rare commodity.
On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come. 1 Corinthians 16.2 NET.
So many reasons to meet with God’s people on the first day. Here’s another.
The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10.2 NET.
The door is the One who perfectly does the will of God and represents his cause on earth.
Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods—do not let them be heard on your lips. Exodus 23.13 NET.
Is there anything that God says that you can lay aside?
Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. Mark 15.15 NET.
Wanting to please the crowd leads to heinous acts.
But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying, Acts 11.4 NET.
A shame that God’s plan had to be explained, again, to God’s people.
You performed awesome signs against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians had acted presumptuously against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day. Nehemiah 9.10 NET.
God didn’t merely make an impact. He demonstrated his own nature.
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