~ Test Your Bible Knowledge ~
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question: Was the Biblical Noah a man or a woman?
Please provide your answer in the comments below!
The answer will be provided in a future blog.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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~ Do You Really Understand Independence Day? ~
Prayer ~ “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12a).
“Eternal God, stir Thou our minds and stimulate our hearts with a high sense of patriotism as we approach the Fourth of July. May all that this day symbolizes renew our faith in freedom, our devotion to democracy, and redouble our efforts to keep a government of the people, by the people, and for the people truly alive in our world.
“Grant that we may highly resolve on this great day to dedicate ourselves anew to the task of ushering in an era when good will shall live in the hearts of a free people, justice shall be the light to guide their feet, and peace shall be the goal of humankind: to the glory of Thy holy name and the good of our Nation and of all mankind.
“Amen” (Congressional Prayer by Chaplain, Reverend Edward G. Latch on Wednesday, July 3, 1974).
Comment 1 ~ If ever there was a time when our nation (United States) and the world needed prayer it is this year.
Comment 2 ~ There is a secular movie (documentary) that I believe every American should watch. It is available from many libraries and I’m sure many other places (as well as on Amazon for purchase). “Monumental: In Search of America’s National Treasure” with Kirk Cameron (2012, PG, 1:24).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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~ God Is My Guide ~
Introduction ~ Previously (July 16, 2017 – January 6, 2019) ALN posted a series of 82 posts of “Jesus is…,” and then we looked exclusively at who “God is…” from the Book of Psalms (February 9, 2020 – December 5, 2021). We are now considering “God is…” statements from non-Psalms passages.
Passage ~ “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me’” (John 14:6).
Comment ~ This passage is primarily about salvation and the way to eternal life. But God is also our guide while we are on earth as seen in the following Old Testament passage.
“Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place’ Yet, for all that, you did not believe the Lord your God, Who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day” (Deuteronomy 1:29-33).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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