The joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10, NIV). Most of us are in food comas now. Be patient, as we have only one more day of celebration (and football games) before we get to our long-awaited diets and signups for the health club. But on the first day of 2024, what Biblical concept should we […]
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Sing a new song to the Lord, for he has done wonderful deeds (Psalm 98:1, NLT). Some of us stay awake to watch the ball drop at midnight in Times Square. Usually, everyone counts . . . 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 — Happy New Year! Psalm 98 is a countdown
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever (1 Chronicles 16:34, NLT). We are finishing 2023. Take a moment in the next few days to make a list of your top ten events, blessings, or family times in the past year. There is no better way to enter 2024 than
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I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh (Ezekiel 36:26, ESV). Do we have soft hearts or hard hearts? Yesterday in Interruption #1127, I discussed a hard heart and a soft heart. Let me quote myself from yesterday explaining
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I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh (Ezekiel 36:26, ESV). Do we have soft or hard hearts? The New Testament teaches consistently that the Spirit of God will give us wisdom and revelation. Below, I’ve listed my favorite
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Let’s make a “white dot” New Year’s Resolution by first considering an isosceles triangle . . . There are three equal sides. When we make a New Year’s Resolution this year, let’s use this image to guide us. There is a possibility that my brain is recycling my high school geometry, but I also know
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She gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (Luke 2:7, ESV). In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1, ESV). Merry Christmas, and thank you for allowing me to
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Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests (Ephesians 6:18, NIV). We have all participated in last-minute Christmas shopping. How about last-minute Christmas praying? Waiting until the last minute for shopping can be frustrating as it’s too late for an Amazon delivery, and what we want to purchase (I have a
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Before reading further, please take the Interruptions two-question Bible knowledge test below: Question #1: Who was Quirinius? Question #2: How do you pronounce this name? We recognize the name of Quirinius that’s mentioned in the Luke 2 Christmas story . . . In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should
The New Testament uses two words for forgiveness. One word has roots in grace. Let’s read Ephesians 4:32 . . . Forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (ESV). The way Christ forgave us is unique. It means “cancel the debt.” Because of the blood of Christ our sins are canceled, the debt
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