Tag: Food
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Father in Heaven, We thank you for Christmas, and we thank you for gifts, good food, and family fun. But while these things are nice things, they cannot do any ultimate good to us because they cannot take away our sins. What is ultimate is that your Word, the eternal Christ, took on flesh in…
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In Luke 6:24-26, Jesus condemns people in general — and the Pharisees in particular — with four specific woes. Here’s what he says: But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for…
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In 1 Chronicles 16, David sings a song of thanks to the Lord. In verses 25-26, David sings: For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. What…
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We have heard over and over again that anything can be an idol. It’s not only a sculpture, a carving, or a cast-iron statue. It’s been jammed into our brains. But how many of us believe it? Isaiah 44 shows how foolish it is to worship an idol. Isaiah’s logic goes something like this: a…
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God is going to start a party with the best food and finest wine. Isaiah 25:6 says, “On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine.” I imagine that there will be some decent music at this party as well (because every…
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I’ve went to extreme measures to prove a point or stand on principle, but I don’t think I’d ever go this far.
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In Mark 6:31, after the apostles had returned from their missionary journey, Jesus said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” This shows the importance of taking time to reflect, get away to isolation, and simply be with God one-on-one. We call this Sabbath. The “Sabbath” in Christianity…
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From Morning and Evening “His fruit was sweet to my taste.” – Song of Solomon 2:3 Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Faith is smelling: “All thy garments…
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JAMES PRUCH 