Acts 7:46a “David found favor with God”. Favour of God is a formula. Many misunderstand that God has favorites and only His favorites are blessed with His choicest blessings. God’s love is constant. He loves the good and bad, strong and the weak, generous and the stingy, the rich and the poor, the wise and...
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30 September 2023 – Tears – Part 7
John 11:33 Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible “Jesus wept” is succinct yet packed with love, compassion and emotions. Jesus was moved at the mourning family who had lost their only brother Lazarus. When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and...
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29 September 2023 – Tears – Part 6
Jeremiah 9:1 Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! The latest study on crying says that the average duration of crying is about 8 minutes but crying for a few hours is considered...
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28 September 2023 – Tears – Part 5
Luke 22:61a-62 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. Bitter tears are emotional tears triggered by anger and resentment. The anger could be towards someone...
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27 September 2023 – Tears – Part 4
Mark 5: 38-40a When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at Him. Emotional tears release stress hormones. Psychologists say...
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26 September 2023 – Tears – Part 3
1 Samuel 30:3-4 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.. Who said mighty men don’t cry? David, the fierce warrior, and his fearless mighty army wailed...
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25 September 2023 – Tears – Part 2
Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Who said big boys don’t cry? When Nehemiah heard that his father’s city was in ruins and his hometown was in rubble he sat down and wept. His tears were not...
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24 September 2023 – Tears – Part 1
Psalm 32:12a Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. The tear glands located above each eyeball continuously supply tear fluid across the surface of our eyes. Every time we blink, a thin layer of tears called a “tear film” spreads across the surface of our cornea. There...
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23 September 2023 – Journey – Part 7
Luke 24:13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. The journey of the two who were travelling from Jerusalem to Emmaus was a ‘journey of hopelessness’. The third day after Jesus was crucified the women went to the tomb only to witness an empty...
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22 September 2023 – Journey – Part 6
Acts 27:14 Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. There are some journeys we are dragged into because of the wrong decisions of...