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Mat 10:42 And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, I assure you, he will never lose his reward ( CSB). A cup of cold water was the smallest act of kindness. If any of Christ servants was given a cup of cold…
Psalms 42:11 Why are you cast down, O my soul?And why are you disquieted within me?Hope in God;For I shall yet praise Him,The help of my countenance and my God. Where there is hope, there is fertile soil for abundant life, miracles, answered prayers and blessings. When you are rooted in true hope, you can…
2 Tim 2:23 But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations [useless disputes over unedifying, stupid controversies], since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels. There may be matters that come on our way simply to disrupt , derail , slow us down or even cause us to abandon…
Job 22:28 You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; so light will shine on your ways. Job 22:29 When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person. Job 22:30 He will even deliver one who is not innocent;Yes, he will…
Deut 1:9-10, 12-13 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes…
Mat 21:18-19 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19 – And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree…
Pro 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts. The refiners of silver have their fining ( refining) pots in which they purify the silver from the worthless metal. The Goldsmiths too have their heat resistant containers to melt and purify their gold. It is…
1Ch 9:23 So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment. 1Ch 9:24 The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south. A gate is an opening. It is not just an opening, but a…
Num 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. Caleb and the other spies returned from surveying the promised land. Ten out of twelve brought a negative report, but Joshua and Caleb brought a positive one….
Joe 2:13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm. The idiom ” rend our hearts” expresses spiritual internal brokenness. People in the old Testament days expressed sorrow by tearing…