Living Room Study

2 Corinthians 2

“If anyone has caused pain, he has not caused pain to me, but in some degree – not to exaggerate – to all of you.  The punishment by the majority is sufficient for such a person, so now you should forgive and comfort him instead; otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive [...]

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Acts 8

“There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and a high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury.  He had come to worship in Jerusalem and was sitting in his chariot on his way home reading the prophet Isaiah aloud.  The Spirit told Philip, ‘Go and join [...]

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Luke 23

“It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole earth until three, because the sun’s light failed.  The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.  And Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.  Saying this, He breathed His last.’”  Luke 23:44-46

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1 Samuel 13

“Samuel said to Saul, ‘You have been foolish.  You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave to you.  It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel, but now your reign will not endure.  The Lord has found a man loyal to [...]

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Nehemiah 6

“So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.  When all our enemies heard about it, and the surrounding nations became afraid, our enemies’ self-esteem fell severely; because they realized that this work had been accomplished by God.” Nehemiah 6:15-16

Have you ever had to deal with a [...]

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2 Corinthians 1

“He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.  For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so our comfort overflows through Christ.  If we are afflicted, it is for [...]

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Acts 7

“But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven.  He saw God’s glory with Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and he said, ‘Look!  I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!’  Then they screamed at the top of their voices, stopped [...]

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Luke 22

“‘Lord,’ he told Him,  ‘I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!’  ‘I tell you, Peter,’ He said, ‘the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know me.’”  Luke 22:33-34

In the Jewish calendar there are three major festivals, collectively known as the Shalosh Regalim.  Shalosh [...]

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1 Samuel 12

“Samuel called on the Lord, and on that day, the Lord sent thunder and rain.  As a result, all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.  Samuel replied, ‘Don’t be afraid.  Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord.  Instead, worship the Lord with all [...]

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Nehemiah 5

“The earlier governors, before me, had burdened the people, taxing them more than one-and-a-half pounds of silver shekels for food and wine; and even their servants lorded it over the people.  But I didn’t, because I feared God.  Moreover, I put all my energy into working on this wall.  We didn’t buy any land, [...]

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