Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.”
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; n break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and o rain righteousness upon you.
Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
9The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.
Lady Wisdom has built a house, prepared a feast, and now invites the young, the simple, and the naive to come to her party. She wants her house full of guests and spilling over with life, yet hers is not the only invitation. There is competition in the streets. Another woman vies for the attention of the young and impressionable. She, too, wants her house full, but of deceit and seduction; and when it is, death and misery join the revelry.
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious y toil; for he gives to his z beloved a sleep.
Not only was I experiencing deep interior joy but I sensed an oneness with all God’s creation; people, animals, trees, and plants all seemed to have the name of Jesus Christ imprinted upon them.
By the grace of God I am a Christian, by my deeds a great sinner, and by my calling a homeless wanderer of humblest origin, roaming from place to place.
David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of y Asaph, and of z Heman, and of a Jeduthun, who b prophesied with lyres, with c harps, and with cymbals.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; r I am the LORD; in its time I will hasten it.
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Be strong; fear not! a Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.
Learn to listen to Me and I will speak to you heart to heart, as a man converses with his friend.
9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and d seventy of the elders of Israel e went up, 10and they f saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of g sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and h ate and drank.
Many years ago through loss I learned That love is wrung from our inmost heart Until only the loved one is and we are not.
What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.