Living Room Study

Malachi 3
 
“At that time, those who feared the Lord spoke to one another.  The Lord took notice and listened.  So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared YHVH and had high regard for His name.  ‘They will be Mine.’ says the Lord of Hosts, ‘a special possession on the day [...]

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Matthew 6
 
“So don’t worry, saying “What will we eat”, or “What will we drink?, or “What will we wear?”  For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.  [...]

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Malachi 2
 
“You have wearied the Lord with your words.  Yet you ask, ‘How have we wearied the Lord?’  When you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’”  Malachi 2:17
 
Here is a saying that bears repeating.  Two things confound [...]

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MATTHEW 5
 
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may show yourselves to be sons of your father in heaven.  For He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the [...]

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Malachi 1
 
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master.  But if I am your father, where is My honor?  And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?  Thus says the Lord of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name. ”  Malachi 1:6
 
It may not sound very Rock & [...]

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MATTHEW 4
 
“Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.”  Matthew 4:23
 
Before we moved to California, my family and I lived in suburban Chicago…the #2 least-churched city in America.  A person’s success in Chicago seems only [...]

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Matthew 3
 
“In those days, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”  For he is the one spoken through the prophet Isaiah, who said: “A voice of one crying in the wilderness:  ‘Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!’”   Matthew [...]

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MATTHEW 2
 
“So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother and entered the land of Israel.  But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea, in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there.  And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.  Then he went [...]

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Lamentations 3
 
“Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison.  I continually remember them and have become depressed.  Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!  I say: The [...]

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Judges 16
 
“The temple was full of men and women; all the leaders of the Philistines were there, and about 3000 men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.  He called out to the Lord: ‘Lord God, please remember me.  Strengthen me, God, just once more.  With one act of vengeance, let me [...]

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