Carefully
follow [them], for this will [show] your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of
the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, "This great
nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.”—Deuteronomy
4:6
Wisdom is not what you know about the world but how well you know God. Human
reasoning will not make you wise. It may even lead you to reject th
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After
singing psalms, they went out to the Mount of Olives.—Mark 14:26
Praise is greatly honoring to God! In the Old Testament account of King
Jehoshaphat, God's people faced a seemingly insurmountable enemy who was
determined to destroy them. Yet God assured them that they would "stand still
and see the salvation of the Lord” (... Read more »
"But
after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”—Mark 14:28
God never sends you into a situation alone. He always goes before His
children, as He did with the children of Israel when He led them with a cloud by
day and a pillar of fire by night. You do not serve as His advance troops in a
foreign and hostile situation. He always precedes you in any
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"I
am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. "No one who comes to Me will ever be
hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again.”—John
6:35
We know how to use physical bread. Whenever we are hungry we simply go and
eat. Do we do that spiritually? Jesus said if we believe in Him, we will never
be spiritually hungry, or malnourished, for He is the "bread of life.” Ever
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Elijah
said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a rainstorm.”—1 Kings
18:41
Success can distract you as you seek to follow God's will. Elijah's primary
assignment was to announce when a drought would begin and end (1 Kings 17:1). God
had tol
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Then
Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet,
and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of
the oil.—John
12:3
Mary seemed drawn to the feet of Jesus. It is not surprising that of all
those who followed Jesus, Mary was the one to anoint His feet. The disciples
would have their opportunity to show the same
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"But
go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will
see Him there just as He told you.’ ”—Mark 16:7
Does God give second chances to those who have failed Him? He certainly did
so for Peter. Peter had proudly announced that he was Jesus' most reliable
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