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SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY (PROVERBS 3:1-19)

September 25, 2022Uncategorizedbind, bones, chastening, Christ, commandments, day, days, firstfruits, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, happy, Heart, Heavens, jesus, Jesus Christ, law, Lord, Man, marrow bones, Matthew, Men, mother, navel, neck, new testament, Old Testament, peace, rich, riches, scripture of the day, Son, substance, table, wealth, wine, wisdomabarkley8

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

²For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (COMPASSION)

August 28, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, anger, angry, bildad, chamal, charm, chen, Christ, compassion, dead, definition of the day, died, feel, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek words, grief, happy, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Joel, KJV, Matthew, messianic, mourn, neighbor, new testament, NRSA, Old Testament, OT, pity, rich, spirit, translate, Zechariahabarkley8

Meaning “to feel passion with someone” or “to enter sympathetically into one’s sorrow and pain.” In various translations of the Bible, this English word is used to translate at least five Hebrew words in the OT and eight Greek words in the NT. The subtle variations in the original terms are emphasized below, with the inevitable overlapping of meaning being apparent.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (FINDING JOY IN THE LORD)

March 28, 2022Uncategorizedanimal, animal skin, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, curiosities, customs, finding joy in the LORD, fire, fires, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, happiness, happy, jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, Lord, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Psalm, skin, skinsabarkley8

In Bible times wine and other liquids were stored in containers made of animal skins (read Matthew 9:17). These skins would eventually become brittle and develop cracks, particularly when exposed to the smoke given off by fires that burned in the tents and primitive houses of that time.

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THE BEATITUDES

September 10, 2021Uncategorizedannoying, arguement, beg, begging, blamelessness, crave, desire, Disciples, eagerly, eduction, forgive, frightening, frustrating, gentle, gentleness, God, God promises, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, happy, helpless, humility, hunger, hunger and thirst, innocence, Isaiah, Jew, John, lacking, lacking education, lowly, Luke, meaning, meek, meek person, merciful, Moses, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, peacemakers, persecuted for righteousness, poor in spirit, powerful people, powerless, Psalm, pure in heart, reward, sad, sadness, The Beatitudes, thirst, trust Godabarkley8

WHAT DO THE BEATITIUDDES MEAN?

Jesus surprised his disciples by telling them what kind of people would be blessed by God. His list of traits are called the Beatitudes, meaning “to bless” or “to make happy.”

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WHY IS GOD SAID TO BE “LIGHT”?

August 24, 2021Uncategorizedblissful, brilliant, Christ, coexist, creatures, dangerous, dark, evil, freedom, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, happy, Holy, Holy Ghost, jesus, Jesus Christ, johy, light, measured, nature, new testament, Old Testament, OT, pain, painfully, peace, Sin, sinner, sins, spotlight, synonymousabarkley8

In the Bible, light indicates what is good, pure, and holy. Darkness is synonymous with sin and evil. To say that God is light is to assert that God is perfectly pure and holy. Only God is without sin. He is the standard of perfection and truth by which everything is measured.

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DOESN’T THE BIBLE PROMISE HAPPINESS TO ALL WHO FOLLOW CHRIST?

August 11, 2021Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 peter, biblical promies, Christ, exceeding joy, Faith, glory, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greatly rejoice, happiness, happy, Heaven, heaviness, jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, overcomer, redeeming, revelaed, season, seeks, standard, sufferings, temptations, versesabarkley8

Not happiness, but joy. It also promises trouble, as these verses testify. The hard reality of the Bible’s message is that life breeds trouble and Christians are not exempt. In fact, Christians should expect more trouble, as the adversary seeks to derail faith and upset biblical promises.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (WEDDING CELEBRATIONS)

July 21, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, curiosities, customs, eat, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, UncategorizedBible, bride, bridegroom, celebrate, celebration, community, elaborate, Feast, friends, glad, gladness, God's Judgment, happy, Holy Bible, husband, Husbandman, Husbands, jeremiah, Jerusalem, joy, Judah, marriage, Matthew, Nation, neighbors, several days, songs, sound, sounds, streets, voice, wed, wedding, wedding party, wife, wivesabarkley8

Jeremiah declared that God’s judgment would bring an end to the sounds of celebration throughout the nation of Judah. Even the songs of joy associated with weddings would be heard no more. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (WEDDING CELEBRATIONS) →

HOW TO LOVE GOD’S WORD

August 28, 2018UncategorizedBible, blessed, eyes, God, God's word, happy, Heart, IAM, Jesus Christ, law, laws, Lord, love, loving, obey, obey God, open, Psalm, rejoice, rejoiced, seek, wordabarkley8

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Some people quit partway through a candy sale. Some students finish only half their homework. When it comes to bedrooms, some kids give up before everything’s cleansed up. What about digging into the Bible? Isn’t “halfway” good enough for such a big book? Continue reading HOW TO LOVE GOD’S WORD →