“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) I will begin this devotion with a story: “The BEE has been aptly described as “busy.” To produce one [...]
“And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.” Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26 KJV Have you considered the difference between the ancient and classical hymns of the Church and the light and often frivolous ‘kum –bah-yah’ songs of the modern Church? Do you not feel a spiritual difference when [...]
“It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” (Luke 4:4: all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) “I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that [...]
“So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the days of his flesh, when he [...]
Personification of Wisdom (Σοφία, Sophía) at the Celsus Library in Ephesus (2nd century). “My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, [...]
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6: all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) COLLECT - THIRD SUNDAY AFTER [...]
“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.” (Psalms 29:11; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let [...]
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJV) Any reader of this devotion with prior military experience will know, without doubt, that there is a cardinal rule of leadership that declares, “Authority can be delegated, but not responsibility.” Nothing could be more [...]
“ And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. (Luke 24:13-15: [...]
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7; all scripture quoted is from the king James Version) “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” (John [...]