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Matthew Chapter 12 – Sabbath Keeping
How has your Sabbath-keeping been? On the Sabbath, the Pharisees were upset with the disciples plucking heads of grain and eating it, having defined this simple action of plucking grain as work1. But unlike the Pharisees, Jesus…
Lamentations Chapter 5
The book of Lamentations has seen the writer pouring out his grief over what happened to his people. The judgement of God had been forthcoming and now it has finally arrived and the people had no excuse…
Jeremiah Chapter 48
As we read this chapter (as well as the preceding and subsequent chapters) on God’s judgement to the nations, do we exclaimed gleefully as we see justice meted out on the unrighteous. Yes! Finally!!! These people got…
Jeremiah Chapter 46
The last few chapters showed us how, despite repeated warnings, the chosen race decided to trust in their long time enemy, Egypt, rather than listen to God. And in today’s chapter, God revealed their folly because the…
Jeremiah Chapter 15
I must admit that when I first read Jeremiah 15:19 using NKJV and ESV, it was not very clear to me. Then the NIV version gave me better clarity: 19 Therefore this is what the Lord says:“If you repent, I…
Jeremiah Chapter 13
A linen sash was one of the more intimate pieces of clothing, clinging to the waist of a man. Jeremiah’s action showed how God would ruin Judah just as Jeremiah ruined the linen sash. It illustrated Judah’s…
Romans Chapter 5
3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to…
Deuteronomy Chapter 33
The eternal God is your refuge,And underneath are the everlasting arms;He will thrust out the enemy from before you,And will say, ‘Destroy!’28 Then Israel shall dwell in safety,The fountain of Jacob alone,In a land of grain and new wine;His heavens shall also drop dew. ~…
Deuteronomy Chapter 32 – Sing In Remembrance of Me…
When Mother was little, she sang in the city’s children’s choir. When she became Mother, she took Jiejie and Didi to the choir for audition. Standing next to the piano, Jiejie and Didi took turns trilling notes…
Deuteronomy Chapter 24
We have to be clean and holy. We cannot bring sin on the land which the LORD our God is giving us as an inheritance, so we need to obey these laws and be clean, holy and…