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And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. Verse-7 Just like Job, sure he was a sinner too, there are times we live to please God and yet still we must take part in Christ's suffering until the last person is saved by the Good News that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose. I have been there for quite a while now. Sure people may look at me and say it was because of sin, but I know the Bib

verses 13-14 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love. My Bible note that I wrote from a previous study in this Book says "man up" next to courage and strong. Don't get so offended. It is good to trust in the Lord with all of hearts. That is heaven's language. Get used to it if you plan to go there too.

verse 27- So I will stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore. This is one of those chapter that you most likely will not hear in a flowery devotional. It is about spiritual adultery. It is very common with us if we are not in the Word and fighting the giants within us, praying, and repenting (before we help others or do anything with our talent and gifts). It is a daily thing. If we get

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. -Verse 58 This is an encouraging verse to me. This is enough.

I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD. -Verse 30-31 Apparently Ezekiel wasn't enough. I think God takes His people seriously that claim they are for Him. There were other's that came to them and they

But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand comes in while everybody is prophesying, he will be convinced by all that he is a sinner and will be judged by all, and the secrets of his heart will be laid bare. So he will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, "God is really among you!" -verses 25-25 Keep on sharing what we learn to each other. We never know who is listening.

Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you people have brought to mind your guilt by your open rebellion, revealing your sins in all that you do, because you have done this, you will be taken captive. -verse 24 Open rebellion is not being ashamed of what we do against God. We make it look normal to sin and we act like it's no big deal. That is horrifying. It means we have gone pretty deep in bondage to sin. It looks like those people will get left behind if

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong. verse 5 This chapter is an easy read, but takes humbling ourselves to put it in action.

Then I said, Ah, they are saying of me, 'Isn't he just telling parables?'" verse 49 Most times this is what happens when we share the Word publicly. We get ridiculed. Oh well, I believe what God says.

Fire spread from one of its main branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler's scepter. This is a lament and is to be used as a lament. verse 14 We lament, cry out to God and repent. That is the starting point.

As it is, there are many parts, but one body. Verse 20 The verse 24 note in my bible says that the ones with great gifts don't need to be given special honor. I think it is like the people who need to speak tongues are the ones that doubt God the most. Some people just believe God without having to have to questions Him all the time. We are all one body, but we all are unique. God only takes us as far as we want to go. He doesn't force us; He is a gentleman. Someone gently re

Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live! -verses 31-32 My Bible not near these verses says to work out your own salvation. Israel is also a picture of when we are not in fellowship with Jesus. God doesn't enjoy chastening us. God doesn't enjoy death. Just as we love our children, that is how He lov

But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. -verse 31-32 Before we partake in celebrating the Good News that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose, we are to make sure we are in fellowship with Jesus. Then we will be able to celebrate it with our Savior, the body of Christ, and share it with the world. When we do not judge ourselves before doing

...I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it. vs-24 He says what He means and He means what He says. We better be paying attention to His words.

Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. vs-24 We shouldn't participate in demon stuff which is what is going on in the unseen spiritual world. Then it says, but go ahead if it is not a problem for you and do it for the glory of God. Do it so others may be saved. God is funny and very flexible.

On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloth. -VERSE 4 They didn't leave the ways of the world. Their heart was with man rather than God. In my Bible, I have a note saying that salt is a killer of bacteria. We are to be salt in this life or what are we good for, but to be thrown away for people to trample on. I mean, they will trample us anyway, but at least we were doing wh

"No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize."-1 Corinthians 9:27 I don't expect the public to fund what I do as a hobby for the Lord. When we have jobs, that helps us fund these things. The church is to give out of their hearts to others. Unfortunately, they can't provide for everyone. The rich are rich and the poor are poor. It is that way for a reason. Either way, the Lord says his childre

I instantly researched some vine crafts because like my trusty bottle cap meant to be useless after it gets uncapped, it is used best for crafts and decor of all sorts of ways. If we do not accept Jesus as Savior and Lord then we are just here in this life not being used for our whole potential. We may be doing things in this life that are huge to others, but not to God. He is the only one that matters. He uses the little things of the world for His big plans. Noone notices a

Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. -1 Corinthians 8:6 In reality there aren't any real idols. It's like us playing make believe, but it is a deadly sin, a grown-up nightmare. It's a strange thing, but there is a spiritual world that we cannot see; it has something to do with that. The main focus is this verse, so we stay foc

I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols. - Ezekiel 14:5 The good and the bad happen to capture our hearts.