Matthew 6:34 is “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Anxiety is a warning signal or a helpful messenger that alerts us about danger. The ‘fight-or-flight response’, also known as the acute stress response, refers to the physiological reaction to threat. Hence anxiety is...
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08 April 2024 – Worry – Part 1
Psalm 102:24 I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations”. Worry is anxiety or fear about actual or potential problems. A psychology professor Llera, PhD says “people often conflate worry with problem solving”. Worrying gears the emotions for a negative outcome. It prepares...
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07 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 7
Mark 15: 23-24 And they were offering Him wine, having been mixed with gall; but He did not take it. And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. ‘Wormwood’, the bitter toxic herb, is a metaphor for bitterness and resentment in the Bible. Jesus refused a bitter...
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06 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 6
Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. The Romans referred to common wormwood as ‘absinthium’ meaning bitter. Wormwood is a popular herb used in witchcraft and hoodoo to communicate to the spirit-world, for incantation, divination,...
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05 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 5
Ruth 1:20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness. ‘Wormwood’, the bitter toxic herb, is a metaphor for bitterness and resentment in the Bible. Absinthe, the herb-infused alcohol derived from the leaves and flowers of the bitter shrub...
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04 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 4
Genesis 27:41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” The lifespan of a wormwood seed over which it remains viable is about 10 years. The seed grows...
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03 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 3
Romans 12:19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the LORD. The wormwood shrub takes about 2 years to grow and mature. However, the wormwood extract used in ‘absinthe’, a green alcoholic liquor takes only...
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02 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 2
Job 16:1-3 Then Job replied: “I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing? ‘Wormwood’, the bitter toxic herb, is a metaphor for bitterness and resentment in the Bible. Wormwood is the active component in the alcoholic...
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01 April 2024 – Wormwood – Part 1
Deuteronomy 29:18 Lest there is in you a man or a woman or a family or a tribe whose heart turns away today from LORD JEHOVAH our God to go to work for the gods of those nations, lest there is in you a root that causes bitterness and wormwood to spring up. Wormwood is a native...
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31 March 2024 – Mind Makeover – Part 7
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. The mind of Christ makes us wise. Wisdom is not accumulation but application of knowledge. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of...