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Asking for Directions
But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before...
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Mar 101 min read
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This is a Test
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord...
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Mar 91 min read
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On Getting Wisdom
But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones serving...
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Mar 81 min read
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Where Is the Evidence?
... godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. - 2 Peter 1:7 I grew up in the age of television. From our...
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Mar 71 min read
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Too Busy to Mentor
Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam became king in his place. - 2 Chronicles...
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Mar 61 min read
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Little By Little
... knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness.... - 2 Peter 1:6 When a person is taking on a new...
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Mar 51 min read
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One Life, Not Two
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in...
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Mar 42 min read
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Make Every Effort
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge.... - 2 Peter 1:5 James wrote...
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Mar 31 min read
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Reaping What We Sow
As for this temple, which was exalted, every passerby will be appalled and will say, "Why did Yahweh do this to this land and this...
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Mar 21 min read
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Why Would We Ever Doubt It?
By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the...
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Mar 11 min read
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Always in the Turning
When Solomon had finished the temple of Yahweh and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the...
dave57pope
Feb 282 min read
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Every Single Thing
For His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory...
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Feb 271 min read
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Are You Busy?
And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh’s house. - 2 Chronicles 7:2 I like...
dave57pope
Feb 261 min read
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Do You Know Jesus?
May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. - 2 Peter 1:2 Do you know Jesus? Often in...
dave57pope
Feb 251 min read
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Greater Is He
And now, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let Your word that You promised Your servant David come true. “But will God really dwell on earth...
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Feb 232 min read
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Will You Be the One?
Simon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the...
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Feb 221 min read
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He Is Here
And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of Yahweh filled God’s temple. - 2 Chronicles...
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Feb 211 min read
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In Any Language
Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. - 1 Peter 5:14 When we first began to live overseas back in...
dave57pope
Feb 201 min read
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Empty Temples
They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and the holy utensils that were in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought them up. -...
dave57pope
Feb 191 min read
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For Those in Babylon
She who is in Babylon, also chosen, sends you greetings, as does Mark, my son. - 1 Peter 5:13 I am an American. I am also a southern boy....
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Feb 182 min read
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