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Strength comes from God
Posted Tuesday, May 14, at 11:43 AM For my article today I am trying to write it on the computer rather than the typewriter. This is my first time to do it this way. If all goes well, I may do it as I am doing this today. With the faithful help of our librarian I think I can do it correctly...
Following the harvest Today is time for a scripture and something of old times ago. First is the scripture. Psalm 16:1-3, "I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry. He brought me out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God."...
Depend on the Lord In II Samuel 22:1ff we read, "And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. And he said, the Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence. ...
Reflections There are some great persons in the bible we might want to emulate. I mention three -- Barnabus, Dorcas, and Philemon. Philemon was the man who had a runaway slave and Paul asked him to welcome him back after he became a Christian. He could have dealt Onesimus much hurt but he evidently welcomed him back as a brother. ...
Hope in the resurrection During the last week our thoughts were on Easter, the time Christian people treasure so highly. Really for us Easter is an everyday thought of our lives. It is treasured because our hope of a good life and our hope of eternal life are dependent upon the resurrection of Christ from the dead. His promise to us is "because I live ye shall live also." I find nothing else that can really give us such hope...
Reflections The next reflection article that will be coming next week will be written by a pastor friend of mine, Brother John Henson, pastor of New Harmony Church, west of Manila. He will do a good job. He may write an article occasionally. I need someone to help me. I have written this article for about 13 years. I was asked by Brother Aubra Hays when his age demanded some help. Right now Brother Henson has agreed to write the Easter event...
About foot washing There are some churches that have a time of "foot washing" in their church and do it as an ordinance. By ordinance I mean something the Bible tells us to do. It is something we do repeatedly. Most churches I know of have ordinances they believe they are commanded to do by their interpretation of sacred scripture...
Gardening time The Jewish people at first were basically farmers, herdsmen, and fruit and grain growers. They were this since the time of Abraham until they went into the Land of Promise. Note: Deuteronomy 8:7ff reads like this, "For the Lord thy God bringeth thee unto a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olives, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass." It would be a land that would make plenty of meat, fiber, and oil to sustain them. ...
Be wise in life There is a Psalm in the bible that many are not familiar with. It is Psalm 73:1ff. We do not know who the writer was but he sort of looks like a wise man. A wise man carefully considers life. He is able to separate out things which are true and honest and which will produce the good life, from some men's ways that just appear to be the good things of life...
Judas the betrayer I don't ever remember writing one of my articles about Judas Iscariot. His name is about as familiar as any other name from the bible. His name is noted with infamy and he is recognized as a not so good individual. I have never known of anyone naming their baby Judas...
Reflections of days gone by For my article this week I call to mind Psalms 56:3-4. "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me." This week I learned of a family in my congregation and thought I would share it with my readers. ...
Joy unspeakable A word used throughout the bible is the little word "joy." Look in any concordance and it will have so many verses with the word joy. Today I will explore some of them and give you some of the reasons we are to have joy if we are a child of God. In I Peter I:3ff we read, "you have come to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. ...
Don't ignore the Lord Psalm 10 is a strong indictment against any who refuse God. The bible refers to them as wicked. In strong words like boasters, covers, cheaters, dishonest, liars in wait who watch for the innocent and helpless and waits to take advantage of them. They have mouths full of cursing and have forgotten God...
Remembering days gone by Today is time for another old time ways and happenings., but first a dear scripture to all who have put their trust and hope in the Lord. It comes from I Cor. 2:9. "But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of men, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." If you know the Lord as your savior this is a special word to you. Know it and rejoice in it...
Be faithful The apostle called Paul wrote many letters to the churches he had served on his missionary journeys. I have never written back to a former church where I have served. Of course the churches he wrote to were new churches who could well use a word from him to encourage and sometimes challenge them. Some of his writings were to answer some questions someone had told him about and trusted him to give a true and honest answer...
Learn from the Word Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm in the bible. What a wealth of treasure it is. How would it bless the life of anyone and particularly the young person. If you haven't looked at it recently please pick up your bible and read it carefully and thoughtfully...
Making resolutions You are reading this article near the beginning of the New Year. The year of 2012 has seemed to go by so quickly. The year of 2013 looms now before us. What will it bring to our experience? Some of us will come to the end of our lives. Young folks are looking eagerly to this year and many more to come. I could wish that all of us will live the year out and have a lot of happiness, health, and success. But whatever the year brings work to make it a good year...
The Apostle John Today I will write about a great man in the bible who faithfully served the Lord. I know him as the Apostle John. He is considered as the writer of a lot of New Testament books. They are the Gospel of John, Revelation, and the three books of John I, John 2, and John 3. I will use as a text today events of his later life...
God offers provision, protection, peace Christmas is just a week ahead. I thought I would write this week about how the Lord speaks to us and give credence to our faith and hope in the Christ Child that we celebrate his coming into the world every Christmas. I hope to give the reasons we hold about Jesus the Messiah and Christ. ...
Some ways of the Amish A scripture that comes to my mind as I write this article today is found in Luke 12:15. These words are from Jesus as when a man came wanting to get his part of an inheritance left to another brother. He felt that he should have had a good part of an inheritance left from some benefactor. He may have felt like he should get half of it...
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Rev. William Piercy is pastor of Blackwater Baptist Church near Manila.
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